Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dimwittedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dimwit-ted-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dimwitted or stupid manner.

Example Sentences

"Pitchfork dimwittedly chose to interview him at a gun range; following the Lil Jojo murder, it removed the interview from its Web site and apologized."

Etymology

Etymology tree English dimwitted Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dimwittedly From dimwitted + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dimwittedly (comparative) most dimwittedly (superlative) dim-wittedly (alternative)

Questions

What does dimwittedly mean?: In a dimwitted or stupid manner.
Where does dimwittedly come from?: Etymology tree English dimwitted Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dimwittedly From dimwitted + -ly.

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