Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenebrously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tene-brous-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a tenebrous way.

Example Sentences

"And then, tenebrously, his mind whispered: Do it anyway. Put her down and swim for it. But he did not, could not. An awful guilt rose in him at the thought."

Etymology

Etymology tree English tenebrous Middle English -ly English -ly English tenebrously From tenebrous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more tenebrously (comparative) most tenebrously (superlative)

Questions

What does tenebrously mean?: In a tenebrous way.
Where does tenebrously come from?: Etymology tree English tenebrous Middle English -ly English -ly English tenebrously From tenebrous + -ly.

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