scathingly
adverb
scathingly is spelled S-C-A-T-H-I-N-G-L-Y: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, scathingly means “In a scathing manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scathingly?
| Letters | 10: S-C-A-T-H-I-N-G-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st 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 scathingly?
Scathingly appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st 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).
How do you pronounce scathingly?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scathingly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of scathingly
- more scathingly comparative
- most scathingly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scathingly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a scathing manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scathingly come from?
From scathing + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).