Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

making a virtue of necessity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
mak-ing a virtue of ne-ces-si-ty
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of make a virtue of necessity

Questions

What does making a virtue of necessity mean?
present participle and gerund of make a virtue of necessity

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