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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atterly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
at-ter-ly
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Poisonous; attery

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English atterlich, from Old English ātorlīċ (“poisonous”). Compare Dutch etterlijk. By surface analysis, atter + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: atterlich, ātorlīċ

Usage

Inflected Forms

more atterly (comparative) most atterly (superlative)

Questions

What does atterly mean?
Poisonous; attery
Where does atterly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce atterly

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