Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discourteously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
dis-cour-te-ous-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a discourteous manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English discourteous Middle English -ly English -ly English discourteously From discourteous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more discourteously (comparative) most discourteously (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

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

How to pronounce discourteously

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