Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by the looks of things

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.19 in modern English

Syllables
by the look-s of things
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

It appears; it seems; apparently.

Questions

What does by the looks of things mean?
It appears; it seems; apparently.

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