Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-wittedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
half-wit-ted-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a half-witted manner.

Etymology

From half-witted + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does half-wittedly mean?
In a half-witted manner.
Where does half-wittedly come from?
From half-witted + -ly.

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