Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

facetely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: facete-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Wittily, pleasantly.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […]"

Etymology

From facete + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: facete

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more facetely (comparative) most facetely (superlative)

Questions

What does facetely mean?: Wittily, pleasantly.
Where does facetely come from?: From facete + -ly.

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