Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

benightedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-night-ed-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a benighted manner.

Example Sentences

""That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.""

Etymology

Etymology tree English benighted Middle English -ly English -ly English benightedly From benighted + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more benightedly (comparative) most benightedly (superlative)

Questions

What does benightedly mean?: In a benighted manner.
Where does benightedly come from?: Etymology tree English benighted Middle English -ly English -ly English benightedly From benighted + -ly.

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