Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overearnestly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overearnest-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an overearnest manner.

Example Sentences

"At the other extreme, last year's Mordecai Richler: Leaving St. Urbain by Reinhold Kramer focused (rather overearnestly) on Richler's writing itself."

Etymology

From overearnest + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: overearnest

Inflected Forms

more overearnestly (comparative) most overearnestly (superlative)

Questions

What does overearnestly mean?: In an overearnest manner.
Where does overearnestly come from?: From overearnest + -ly.

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