Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

featherily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: feath-er-i-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a feathery manner

Example Sentences

"Twice it rained in the night, but it was a gentle rain, whimpering featherily on the skin coverings of the conical lodges."

Etymology

From feathery + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: feathery

Inflected Forms

more featherily (comparative) most featherily (superlative)

Questions

What does featherily mean?: in a feathery manner
Where does featherily come from?: From feathery + -ly.

How to pronounce featherily

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