Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chieftainly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chief-tain-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a chieftain.

Example Sentences

"But anyway, if healthy minds in healthy bodies was a New England requirement then, at least chieftainly Hawaiians, though frequently corpulent, were impressively fit."

Etymology

From chieftain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of captainly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chieftain

Inflected Forms

more chieftainly (comparative) most chieftainly (superlative)

Questions

What does chieftainly mean?: Befitting a chieftain.
Where does chieftainly come from?: From chieftain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of captainly.

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