Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dickishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dick-ish-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dickish manner.

Slang

Example Sentences

""Just hope," Eric continues, "that he's not tempting fate's dickishly ironic sense of humor.""
"Thwop! The heel of Joshua's hand cuffed me hard and mean behind the ear. Like I was a dog. He hadn't even taken his eyes off the road. "What the hell?" "I said the get. Not the gift. The get. Who said I was buying anyting?" "For God's sake, could you be more dickishly white trash about it? Hitting me? Are you for real? That hurt, Gunner.""
"Being dickishly flippant is one of the joys of student life."

Etymology

From dickish + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dickish

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more dickishly (comparative) most dickishly (superlative)

Questions

What does dickishly mean?: In a dickish manner.
Where does dickishly come from?: From dickish + -ly.

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