Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-assedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
half-ass-ed-ly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a half-assed manner; poorly or incompetently.

Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From half-assed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more half-assedly (comparative) most half-assedly (superlative)

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Questions

What does half-assedly mean?
In a half-assed manner; poorly or incompetently.
Where does half-assedly come from?
From half-assed + -ly.

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