Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deedily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deed-i-ly
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Industriously; diligently.

Example Sentences

"The appearance of the little sitting-room as they entered, was tranquillity itself; Mrs. Bates, deprived of her usual employment, slumbering on one side of the fire, Frank Churchill, at a table near her, most deedily occupied about her spectacles, and Jane Fairfax, standing with her back to them, intent on her pianoforté."
"The fields are very spacious and the views are very wide, / And steadily and deedily the little horses go: […]"

Etymology

From deedy + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: deedy

Inflected Forms

more deedily (comparative) most deedily (superlative)

Questions

What does deedily mean?: Industriously; diligently.
Where does deedily come from?: From deedy + -ly.

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