Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

friarly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fri-ar-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a friar.

Etymology

From friar + -ly. Piecewise doublet of brotherly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more friarly (comparative) most friarly (superlative)

Questions

What does friarly mean?
Befitting a friar.
Where does friarly come from?
From friar + -ly. Piecewise doublet of brotherly.

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