Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-ish-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a bookish manner.

Example Sentences

"She is intelligent, and bookishly erudite."

Etymology

Etymology tree English bookish Middle English -ly English -ly English bookishly From bookish + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more bookishly (comparative) most bookishly (superlative)

Questions

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

How to pronounce bookishly

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