Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arduously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: ar-du-ous-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an arduous manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin arduus English arduous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English arduously From arduous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more arduously (comparative) most arduously (superlative)

Questions

What does arduously mean?: In an arduous manner.
Where does arduously come from?: Etymology tree Latin arduus English arduous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English arduously From arduous + -ly.

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