Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headmasterly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-mas-ter-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a headmaster.

Example Sentences

"Bradley had to learn that headmasterly wrath did not work on undergraduates like Charles Cree."

Etymology

From headmaster + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: headmaster

Inflected Forms

more headmasterly (comparative) most headmasterly (superlative)

Questions

What does headmasterly mean?: Befitting a headmaster.
Where does headmasterly come from?: From headmaster + -ly.

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