cack-handedly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a cack-handed manner.
Example Sentences
- "There was only one reason Siobhan could think of why anyone would do all of that, and try to cack-handedly cover up the fact by booking another flight to Bristol at the same time."
- "I had crewed for him once or twice, cack-handedly. He only took me out, I think, because for some reason he thought I was good for a laugh."
- "Yet, though Charles II curiously concurred with Fox's view of Vane's character, the political point emerges rather cack-handedly: after all, Restoration magistrates took a very hard line with hatted Quakers appearing before them."
Etymology
From cack-handed + -ly.