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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuddy-duddily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fud-dy--dud-di-ly
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a fuddy-duddy manner.

Etymology

From fuddy-duddy + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more fuddy-duddily (comparative) most fuddy-duddily (superlative)

Questions

What does fuddy-duddily mean?
In a fuddy-duddy manner.
Where does fuddy-duddily come from?
From fuddy-duddy + -ly.

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