Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horny-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: horny-hand-ed-ly
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Done with hands that are tough and horny from manual labor.

Example Sentences

"One time he worked in a mill horny-handedly, But, as he said to his friends very candidly, Nature had blessed him with quickness of jaw, So he gave up perspiring and took to the law."

Etymology

From horny-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: horny-handed

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does horny-handedly mean?: Done with hands that are tough and horny from manual labor.
Where does horny-handedly come from?: From horny-handed + -ly.

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