Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nephewly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nephew-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a nephew.

Example Sentences

""Before committing that nephewly act, I would have had her call on you with me that I might apologize for my seeming rudeness, and we would have asked you to complete our little party.""
"“Fair enough,” Charlie said and, as Isabel came into the kitchen he added, in a bonhomous, nephewly voice, “Tea's ready, Aunt Isabel. And cake. Sit down, do.”"
"Wasting no nephewly tears, he dashed off an "insider" book about the murder and used the resulting money and fame to launch himself in the capital [...]."

Etymology

From nephew + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nephew

Inflected Forms

more nephewly (comparative) most nephewly (superlative)

Synonyms

nephewish

Questions

What does nephewly mean?: Pertaining to a nephew.
Where does nephewly come from?: From nephew + -ly.

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