Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

singerly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: singer-ly
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Proper to or characteristic of a singer

Example Sentences

"Dietrich and Lenya lacked a number of singerly virtues, but their strengths lay in a kind of extramusical quality of feeling and experience."

Etymology

From singer + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: singer

Inflected Forms

more singerly (comparative) most singerly (superlative)

Questions

What does singerly mean?: Proper to or characteristic of a singer
Where does singerly come from?: From singer + -ly.

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