letterly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Befitting or characterised by letters (posted messages).
adv
In a manner befitting or denoting letters; to the letter; precisely.
Example Sentences
- "The context, it is worth noting, is a letterly one of postoffices, envelopes, and mailings."
- "At times Faulkner wrote himself into his fiction by the letter writers he created; and often enough he wrote himself out of it by the content and style of their miswritten letters. The juxtaposition of his literary and letterly writing is revealing of both canons."
- "Christian Scientists, all over the world, who are letterly fit and specially spiritually fitted for teachers, can teach annually three classes only. They shall teach from the Christian Science textbook."
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Inflected Forms
more letterly (comparative)
most letterly (superlative)