Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boyishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: boy-ish-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a boyish manner.

Example Sentences

"A shock of white hair fell boyishly across the side of his face, a face as wrinkled as an elephant hide."

Etymology

Etymology tree English boyish Middle English -ly English -ly English boyishly From boyish + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more boyishly (comparative) most boyishly (superlative)

Synonyms

boylike

Questions

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

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