pityingly
adjectiveHow many syllables in pityingly?
There are 3 syllables in the word pityingly.How to pronounce pityingly:
Definition of pityingly:
- pityingly (adjective):
- expressing or feeling pity
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- marvelous
- shadowy
- oppressor
- exposure
- threatening
- reincarnate
- malachite
- existent
- abruptly
- simile
- piety
- undisturbed
- chrysalis
- aggressive
- fraudulent
- philemon
- breakable
- heuristic
- covenant
- pancetta
- distasteful
- clandestine
- Caribbean
- mockingly
- hardheaded
- agreeance
- maneuvered
- greediness
- thirty five
- sensuous
- hateable
- wickedness
- palatial
- thriftiness
- melodies
- etherized
- agonized
- scampering
- lazily
- formative
- impeded
- saguaro
- grandfather
- multiplied
- maturate
- demarcate
- ammeter
- rereward
- semblable
- adorning
- … more
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In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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