Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to water; aquatic.

Example Sentences

"Firstly, a set of waterly elements which may not be able to assimilate to a simple thickness line. These objects have some certain width, for example, lakes, swamps, ponds, and so on."
"Bottom or land boundaries constitute wall boundaries for waterly flow, while for air flow similar wall boundaries are represented by land/ground and sea surface."

Etymology

From Middle English watirly, from Old English wæterlīċ (“aquatic”), equivalent to water + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: watirly, wæterlīċ

Inflected Forms

more waterly (comparative) most waterly (superlative)

Questions

What does waterly mean?: Of or relating to water; aquatic.
Where does waterly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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