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ham-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
ham-hand-ed-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a ham-handed manner; clumsily or heavily

Etymology

Etymology tree English ham-handed Middle English -ly English -ly English ham-handedly From ham-handed + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more ham-handedly (comparative) most ham-handedly (superlative)

Antonyms

gently

Questions

What does ham-handedly mean?
In a ham-handed manner; clumsily or heavily
Where does ham-handedly come from?
Etymology tree English ham-handed Middle English -ly English -ly English ham-handedly From ham-handed + -ly.

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