Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faint-heartedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: faint--heart-ed-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative spelling of faintheartedly.

Example Sentences

"Then once more the crew came on with swords and axes, but faint-heartedly, and the end of it was that they lost some more men dead and wounded and fell back again."

Inflected Forms

more faint-heartedly (comparative) most faint-heartedly (superlative)

Questions

What does faint-heartedly mean?: Alternative spelling of faintheartedly.

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