"Relaxingly". Does this word exist?
First of all thank you for your attention.
My doubt comes from my English test, so here it goes:
We were asked to rewrite the sentences without using the underlined words, any changes could be made, as long as the original meaning prevailed.
Take a look at one of the sentences we were supposed to rewrite:
"Your days are full of excitement while also relaxing and uncomplicated".
I wrote this: "Your days are full of exciting moments while also relaxingly uncomplicated".
The teacher said "relaxingly" doesn't exist, I must admit, I was in doubt when I wrote it, but I wanted to "test" if it really existed or not (it seems it doesn't), but checking never harms. What do you guys think? Doest it exist? If it exists, did I use it correctly?
I thought relaxing was an adjective and relaxingly an adverb.
Thanks :-) :up:
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Re: "Relaxingly". Does this word exist?
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Originally Posted by
Barb_D
No, I don't think so, though "relaxedly" does: Can't quote links
Are you sure ? :cry:
Though it seems strange that when I google "relaxingly" some results show up, and they don't appear to be wrong...
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Re: "Relaxingly". Does this word exist?
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Originally Posted by
FelipeRRM
up =]
"Relaxingly" doesn't exist, Barb is right the adverb is "relaxedly"
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- Not a teacher -
I haven't figured it out why "increasingly" is OK while "relaxingly" not.
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Thanks for posting, helpful
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*** NOT A TEACHER ***
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Originally Posted by
FelipeRRM
Though it seems strange that when I google "relaxingly" some results show up...
There are 79 900 exact matches :!: So I wouldn't say that this word doesn't exist. :-? It might be something like, for example, "unkaputtbar" in German. Officially it doesn't exist, but everybody understands it.
Maybe in a couple of years it will be commonly used. :-D
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Thank you guys.
The teacher took me away 0.2 points because of this, otherwise it would have been 100% =D
Thanks again.
Re: "Relaxingly". Does this word exist?
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Originally Posted by
~Mav~
*** NOT A TEACHER ***
There are 79 900 exact matches :!: So I wouldn't say that this word doesn't exist. :-? It might be something like, for example, "unkaputtbar" in German. Officially it doesn't exist, but everybody understands it.
Maybe in a couple of years it will be commonly used. :-D
Over 1,000 occurences more (81,200) since yesterday on Google. Does this forum contribute to that? ;-)