Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cross-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: cross-hand-ed-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cross-handed manner.

Example Sentences

"Then, before he could react, she leaned over and hit him twice, cross-handedly, across his face, once with each hand, open-handed ."

Etymology

From cross-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cross-handed

Inflected Forms

more cross-handedly (comparative) most cross-handedly (superlative) crosshandedly (alternative) cross-handed (alternative) crosshanded (alternative)

Questions

What does cross-handedly mean?: In a cross-handed manner.
Where does cross-handedly come from?: From cross-handed + -ly.

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