naked-handedly
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a naked-handed manner.
Example Sentences
- "Mr. Adcock, therefore, fought the dog naked-handedly, and in the great struggle that ensued continually threw the dog to prove that he was master!"
- "I know that I am naked-handedly meeting the world's most worshiped god, — Conventionality, — the trouble-maker-in-chief, — who in his almighty sway has successfully prevented more than a zigzag stream of progress..."
Etymology
From naked-handed + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more naked-handedly (comparative)
most naked-handedly (superlative)