worryingly

1. 1.

   in a manner to cause worry

Questions about worryingly

What does worryingly mean?

worryingly means "in a manner to cause worry".

How many syllables are in worryingly?

worryingly has 3 syllables and divides as wor-ryin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is worryingly a common word?

worryingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.