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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by a whisker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
by a whisker
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

By a very small distance.

Example Sentences

Synonyms

by a nose by a nose length by a whisper

Questions

What does by a whisker mean?
By a very small distance.

How to pronounce by a whisker

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