Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oscularly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: os-cu-lar-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By means of the mouth.

Literary

Example Sentences

"Baby drained the bottle and now was oscularly embracing the mint-stick."
"She kisses Aubrey ecstatically, declaring him oscularly unmistakable, to the discomfiture of Louise."
"But her gentleman friends have already intimated what sort of drama is coming: the odd old one obscurely, the strange familiar one oscularly. The Wide, Wide World, their foreplay foretells, will revolve around com-muting her incestuous passion; and commuting it will be a matter of soliciting and refusing a daughterly kiss—forever and ever."

Etymology

From oscular + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oscular

Usage

Literary

Questions

What does oscularly mean?: By means of the mouth.
Where does oscularly come from?: From oscular + -ly.

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