Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cavalierly

/kævəˈliːɚli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: cav-a-lier-ly
IPA: /kævəˈliːɚli/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cavalier manner.

Example Sentences

"Louis's brow wore its deepest gloom as he said, "There are few in yonder room who would so cavalierly reject my love.""
"He had, he felt, treated Mrs Hubbard rather cavalierly."
"Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those school-room maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one fifty-thousandth of the way."

Etymology

Etymology tree Late Latin caballāriusder. Old Occitan cavalierbor. Old Italian cavalierebor. Middle French cavalierbor. English cavalier Middle English -ly English -ly English cavalierly From cavalier + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kævəˈliːɚli/

Inflected Forms

more cavalierly (comparative) most cavalierly (superlative)

Synonyms

superciliously haughtily disdainfully curtly brusquely

Rhymes With

nearly clearly merely severely sincerely yearly dearly austerely bierly

Questions

How do you pronounce cavalierly?: The recorded pronunciation is /kævəˈliːɚli/.
What does cavalierly mean?: In a cavalier manner.
Where does cavalierly come from?: Etymology tree Late Latin caballāriusder. Old Occitan cavalierbor. Old Italian cavalierebor. Middle French cavalierbor. English cavalier Middle English -ly English -ly English cavalierly From cavalier + -ly.

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