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contemptibly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
con-temptibly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a contemptible manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English contemptible Middle English -ly English -ly English contemptibly From contemptible + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more contemptibly (comparative) most contemptibly (superlative)

Questions

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

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