Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chicken-heartedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: chick-en--heart-ed-ly
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a chicken-hearted manner; fearfully

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"You surely would have abandoned it as chicken-heartedly as you refused to stand up to him in the field."

Etymology

From chicken-hearted + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chicken-hearted

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

more chicken-heartedly (comparative) most chicken-heartedly (superlative)

Questions

What does chicken-heartedly mean?: In a chicken-hearted manner; fearfully
Where does chicken-heartedly come from?: From chicken-hearted + -ly.

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