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badley

/bˈædli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
badley
IPA
/bˈædli/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Misspelling of badly.

name

A civil parish without a parish council in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0655).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Badda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Badleys (plural) Baddeley (alternative)

Rhymes With

badly sadly bradley gladly hadley madly radley adley padley spradley stradley shadley

Questions

How do you pronounce badley?
The recorded pronunciation is /bˈædli/.
What does badley mean?
Misspelling of badly.
Where does badley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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