Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

desirously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-sirous-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With desire; eagerly

Etymology

Etymology tree English desirous Middle English -ly English -ly English desirously From desirous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more desirously (comparative) most desirously (superlative)

Questions

What does desirously mean?
With desire; eagerly
Where does desirously come from?
Etymology tree English desirous Middle English -ly English -ly English desirously From desirous + -ly.

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