Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

direfully

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dire-ful-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a direful manner.

Etymology

From direful + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more direfully (comparative) most direfully (superlative)

Questions

What does direfully mean?
In a direful manner.
Where does direfully come from?
From direful + -ly.

How to pronounce direfully

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