Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

costfully

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cost-ful-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At high expenditure or cost

Etymology

From Middle English costfully, equivalent to costful + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: costfully
Suffix: costful

Inflected Forms

more costfully (comparative) most costfully (superlative)

Questions

What does costfully mean?: At high expenditure or cost
Where does costfully come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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