Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delightly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-light-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

delightedly; with delight

Example Sentences

"“Oh, the reporter. Welcome to Wise,” she said delightly, betraying any hint of a problem with business in town. [...]”"
"Miss Agnew, obviously having received further inspiration, went on delightly: “Since you're a woman of the cloth!”"
"After Xmas they will have a new baby and instead of guessing whether it's going to be a girls or boy they feel my tummy and grin delightly saying, “I bet it comes out with a tan like ours.”"
"[...] he said delightly. "I had to make a sprint for it, though, and I shall be glad of a rest. [...]""

Etymology

From delight + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: delight

Inflected Forms

more delightly (comparative) most delightly (superlative)

Questions

What does delightly mean?: delightedly; with delight
Where does delightly come from?: From delight + -ly.

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