Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empty-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
emp-ty-hand-ed-ly
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of emptyhandedly.

Etymology

From empty-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more empty-handedly (comparative) most empty-handedly (superlative)

Questions

What does empty-handedly mean?
Alternative form of emptyhandedly.
Where does empty-handedly come from?
From empty-handed + -ly.

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