Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

effeminately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
ef-fem-i-nate-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an effeminate manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English effeminate Middle English -ly English -ly English effeminately From effeminate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more effeminately (comparative) most effeminately (superlative)

Questions

What does effeminately mean?
In an effeminate manner.
Where does effeminately come from?
Etymology tree English effeminate Middle English -ly English -ly English effeminately From effeminate + -ly.

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