Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cumbrously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cum-brous-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cumbrous manner.

Etymology

From cumbrous + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more cumbrously (comparative) most cumbrously (superlative)

Questions

What does cumbrously mean?
In a cumbrous manner.
Where does cumbrously come from?
From cumbrous + -ly.

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