Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dishonorably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: dis-hon-or-ably
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dishonorable manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English dishonorable 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 dishonorably From dishonorable + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dishonorably (comparative) most dishonorably (superlative) dishonourably (alternative)

Phrases

dishonorably discharged

Synonyms

disgracefully ingloriously ignominiously discreditably shamefully dishonourably

Questions

What does dishonorably mean?: In a dishonorable manner.
Where does dishonorably come from?: Etymology tree English dishonorable 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 dishonorably From dishonorable + -ly.

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