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handmaidenly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hand-maid-en-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a handmaiden.

Etymology

From handmaiden + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more handmaidenly (comparative) most handmaidenly (superlative)

Questions

What does handmaidenly mean?
Befitting a handmaiden.
Where does handmaidenly come from?
From handmaiden + -ly.

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