Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: red-hand-ed-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Red-handed; with clear evidence of guilt.

adv

In a bloody and violent manner.

Example Sentences

"And even though a moment earlier he had felt guilty not to have taken Dave's anguish more to heart, Claytor found himself annoyed at being caught red-handedly dogless ."
"But even though she red-handedly catches them, Jason doubts that she would punish Kayla."
"This convinced the ARVNs that they had caught VC looters red-handedly stealing from the PX."
"A SATU fellow, trawled redhandedly following an exchange of gunfire, was ordered executed before us upon his confession of how the SATU had planned to destroy human being in the Grey stone Compound."

Etymology

From red-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: red-handed

Inflected Forms

more red-handedly (comparative) most red-handedly (superlative) redhandedly (alternative) red-handed (alternative) redhanded (alternative)

Synonyms

bang to rights dead to rights blameworthily compunctiously guiltylike guiltily nocently red-handedly

Questions

What does red-handedly mean?: Red-handed; with clear evidence of guilt.
Where does red-handedly come from?: From red-handed + -ly.

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