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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defencelessly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fence-less-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a defenceless manner.

Etymology

From defenceless + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more defencelessly (comparative) most defencelessly (superlative)

Synonyms

defenseless defenceless defenselessly

Questions

What does defencelessly mean?
In a defenceless manner.
Where does defencelessly come from?
From defenceless + -ly.

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