Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overdelicately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
overdel-i-cate-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an overdelicate manner.

Etymology

From Middle English overdelicatli, equivalent to overdelicate + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overdelicately (comparative) most overdelicately (superlative)

Questions

What does overdelicately mean?
In an overdelicate manner.
Where does overdelicately come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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