discouragingly
adverb
discouragingly is spelled D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-I-N-G-L-Y: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, discouragingly means “In a discouraging manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in discouragingly?
| Letters | 14: D-I-S-C-O-U-R-A-G-I-N-G-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is discouragingly?
Discouragingly appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of discouragingly
- more discouragingly comparative
- most discouragingly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does discouragingly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a discouraging manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does discouragingly come from?
From discouraging + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).