Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

murderously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
mur-der-ous-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Intensely

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English murderous Middle English -ly English -ly English murderously From murderous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more murderously (comparative) most murderously (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does murderously mean?
In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
Where does murderously come from?
Etymology tree English murderous Middle English -ly English -ly English murderously From murderous + -ly.

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