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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

godfatherly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
god-fa-ther-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or befitting, a godfather.

Etymology

From godfather + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more godfatherly (comparative) most godfatherly (superlative)

Questions

What does godfatherly mean?
Of, or befitting, a godfather.
Where does godfatherly come from?
From godfather + -ly.

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