Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corruptly

/kəˈrʌpt.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: cor-rupt-ly
IPA: /kəˈrʌpt.li/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a corrupt manner.

Example Sentences

"More North-eaſt, where wild brookes meeting together make a broad poole among the parkes, and ſo ſoone as they are kept in with bankes runne in a chanell, is ſeated Kenelworth, in times paſt commonly called Kenelworde, but corruptly Killingworth: […]"
"Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms."

Etymology

Etymology tree English corrupt Middle English -ly English -ly English corruptly From corrupt + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈrʌpt.li/

Inflected Forms

more corruptly (comparative) most corruptly (superlative)

Synonyms

corruptedly

Rhymes With

abruptly

Questions

How do you pronounce corruptly?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈrʌpt.li/.
What does corruptly mean?: In a corrupt manner.
Where does corruptly come from?: Etymology tree English corrupt Middle English -ly English -ly English corruptly From corrupt + -ly.

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