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dilatorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dila-to-ri-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dilatory manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dilatory Middle English -ly English -ly English dilatorily From dilatory + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dilatorily (comparative) most dilatorily (superlative)

Questions

What does dilatorily mean?
In a dilatory manner.
Where does dilatorily come from?
Etymology tree English dilatory Middle English -ly English -ly English dilatorily From dilatory + -ly.

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