Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

captainly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cap-tain-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a captain.

Example Sentences

""Honor, dearest," — ah, the tremulousness of the captainly voice which had made so brave a show that morning, with sea-lore wonderful!"

Etymology

From captain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of chieftainly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: captain

Inflected Forms

more captainly (comparative) most captainly (superlative)

Derived Forms

uncaptainly

Questions

What does captainly mean?: Befitting a captain.
Where does captainly come from?: From captain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of chieftainly.

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