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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contortly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tort-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a contort manner.

Etymology

From contort + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does contortly mean?
In a contort manner.
Where does contortly come from?
From contort + -ly.

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