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catawampusly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
catawam-pus-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a catawampus manner.

Etymology

From catawampus + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more catawampusly (comparative) most catawampusly (superlative)

Questions

What does catawampusly mean?
In a catawampus manner.
Where does catawampusly come from?
From catawampus + -ly.

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