Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boxerly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: box-er-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting or typical of a boxer.

Example Sentences

"Lenny boasts that he's been sutured in most capitals of Europe and had his fractured jaw wired in Atlantic City. He balls his massive hands into fists and strikes his boxerly pose, carries his left so low I'm sure that even I could catch him flush."
"The other men at work, nine or ten of them, were pursuing more boxerly activities. Skipping rope, punching bags, shadowboxing, breathing through the nose."

Etymology

From boxer + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: boxer

Inflected Forms

more boxerly (comparative) most boxerly (superlative)

Questions

What does boxerly mean?: Befitting or typical of a boxer.
Where does boxerly come from?: From boxer + -ly.

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