Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiritly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spir-it-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or resembling a spirit; spiritual; spiritlike.

adv

In a spiritual manner; according to the spirit; spiritually.

Example Sentences

"So much so that later theologians could point out inconsistencies internal within those stories (identifying a spiritly figure as both God and his messenger), and would propose some probable modifications through time upon those descriptions […]"
"On the other hand, the 'spirit of life' or the 'breath of spirit of life' deprived of allflesh could no longer do either evil or good: Driven out of flesh and having done evil, the 'spirits' (spiritly beings or spirit—creatures) could never return to their Creator […]"

Etymology

From spirit + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spirit

Inflected Forms

more spiritly (comparative) most spiritly (superlative)

Questions

What does spiritly mean?: Of, relating to, or resembling a spirit; spiritual; spiritlike.
Where does spiritly come from?: From spirit + -ly.

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