Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard-heartedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: hard--heart-ed-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of hardheartedly.

Example Sentences

"Stephen protests to Bounderby that now he will be blacklisted, and Bounderby, with no regrets whatsoever, hard-heartedly agrees."

Etymology

From hard-hearted + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hard-hearted

Inflected Forms

more hard-heartedly (comparative) most hard-heartedly (superlative)

Questions

What does hard-heartedly mean?: Alternative form of hardheartedly.
Where does hard-heartedly come from?: From hard-hearted + -ly.

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