witheringly
adverb
witheringly is an adverb meaning “In a withering manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-I-T-H-E-R-I-N-G-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 59 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does witheringly mean?
adverb
- 1
In a withering manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of witheringly
- more witheringly comparative
- most witheringly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is witheringly?
Witheringly appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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).
Where does witheringly come from?
From withering + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).