Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downheartedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
down-heart-ed-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a downhearted manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English downhearted Middle English -ly English -ly English downheartedly From downhearted + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more downheartedly (comparative) most downheartedly (superlative)

Questions

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

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