Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chaffily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chaffi-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the manner of chaff.

adv

In a bantering or ridiculing manner.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"He wanted to chew the milky grains— / But none broke chaffily free from their pockets."
"This [hell] is where Chaucer also chaffily places the Friars."

Etymology

From chaffy + -ly.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more chaffily (comparative) most chaffily (superlative)

Questions

What does chaffily mean?: In the manner of chaff.
Where does chaffily come from?: From chaffy + -ly.

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