Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fishi-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a fishy manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English fishy Middle English -ly English -ly English fishily From fishy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more fishily (comparative) most fishily (superlative)

Synonyms

queerly

Questions

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

How to pronounce fishily

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