Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

credulously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: cred-u-lous-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a credulous manner; believably.

Etymology

Etymology tree English credulous Middle English -ly English -ly English credulously From credulous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more credulously (comparative) most credulously (superlative)

Synonyms

believingly

Antonyms

incredulously

Questions

What does credulously mean?: In a credulous manner; believably.
Where does credulously come from?: Etymology tree English credulous Middle English -ly English -ly English credulously From credulous + -ly.

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