Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lawly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lawly
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Middle English lawly, Northern variant of Middle English lowly, louly, louelich, equivalent to law (“low”) + -ly. More at lowly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more lawly (comparative) most lawly (superlative)

Questions

What does lawly mean?
Alternative form of lowly.
Where does lawly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce lawly

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