Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doctorly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: doc-tor-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the manner of a doctor.

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Old French doctur Anglo-Norman doctourder. Middle English doctour English doctor English -ly English doctorly From doctor + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more doctorly (comparative) most doctorly (superlative)

Derived Forms

undoctorly

Questions

What does doctorly mean?: In the manner of a doctor.
Where does doctorly come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Old French doctur Anglo-Norman doctourder. Middle English doctour English doctor English -ly English doctorly From doctor + -ly.

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