Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

backhandedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
back-hand-ed-ly
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a backhanded manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English backhanded Middle English -ly English -ly English backhandedly From backhanded + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more backhandedly (comparative) most backhandedly (superlative)

Questions

What does backhandedly mean?
In a backhanded manner.
Where does backhandedly come from?
Etymology tree English backhanded Middle English -ly English -ly English backhandedly From backhanded + -ly.

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