Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diversly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-ver-sly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Archaic form of diversely (“severally, variously”).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]"
"[T]h’vn-full Harmony / Of vn-even Hammers, beating diverſly, / VVakens the tunes that his [Tubal-cain’s] ſvveet numbery ſoule / Yer birth (ſom think) learn’d of the vvarbling Pole."

Etymology

Equivalent to divers + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: divers

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more diversly (comparative) most diversly (superlative)

Questions

What does diversly mean?: Archaic form of diversely (“severally, variously”).
Where does diversly come from?: Equivalent to divers + -ly.

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