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cantankerously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
can-tan-ker-ous-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cantankerous manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English cantankerous Middle English -ly English -ly English cantankerously From cantankerous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more cantankerously (comparative) most cantankerously (superlative)

Questions

What does cantankerously mean?
In a cantankerous manner.
Where does cantankerously come from?
Etymology tree English cantankerous Middle English -ly English -ly English cantankerously From cantankerous + -ly.

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