Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

complaisantly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-plaisant-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a complaisant manner; obligingly.

Example Sentences

"One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances."

Etymology

Etymology tree English complaisant Middle English -ly English -ly English complaisantly From complaisant + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more complaisantly (comparative) most complaisantly (superlative)

Homonyms

complacently

Questions

What does complaisantly mean?: In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
Where does complaisantly come from?: Etymology tree English complaisant Middle English -ly English -ly English complaisantly From complaisant + -ly.

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