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dreely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dreely
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.

adv

Slowly; tediously.

Etymology

From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dreelier (comparative) more dreely (comparative) dreeliest (superlative) most dreely (superlative) dreighly (alternative)

Questions

What does dreely mean?
Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.
Where does dreely come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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