Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proprietously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-pri-etous-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a proprietous or proper manner or way; properly.

Example Sentences

"Here, framed in neutral gray or fading magenta cardboard, were handsome grinning men and proprietously somber women."

Etymology

From proprietous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more proprietously (comparative) most proprietously (superlative)

Questions

What does proprietously mean?: In a proprietous or proper manner or way; properly.
Where does proprietously come from?: From proprietous + -ly.

How to pronounce proprietously

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