Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretimely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-time-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the due time.

Example Sentences

"A new light dawns on these elderly women when they hear about the special bed which the public health nurse takes to the home for the “pretimely” baby."

Etymology

From pre- + timely.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does pretimely mean?: Before the due time.
Where does pretimely come from?: From pre- + timely.

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