Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greekly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: greek-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a Greek manner; in a way characteristic of Greeks.

Example Sentences

"The waxen pallor of her face was almost spiritual in its ivorylike purity though her rosebud mouth was a genuine Cupid's bow, Greekly perfect."
"Originally all the Delta waterways had been natural, but after the Greekly scientific Ptolemies came to rule Egypt, they connected Nilus's network of arms with thousands of canals, […]"
"They were termed agons (or, to pluralize more Greekly, agones), which word, despite the evident connection to our agony or agonize, originally had nothing to do with the duress or anguish these words now convey."

Etymology

From Greek + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Greek

Inflected Forms

more Greekly (comparative) most Greekly (superlative)

Questions

What does greekly mean?: In a Greek manner; in a way characteristic of Greeks.
Where does greekly come from?: From Greek + -ly.

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