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dowagerly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dowa-ger-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a dowager.

Etymology

From dowager + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more dowagerly (comparative) most dowagerly (superlative)

Questions

What does dowagerly mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a dowager.
Where does dowagerly come from?
From dowager + -ly.

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