Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heedily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heed-i-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Heedfully; attentively.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"if heedily he endevour to measure and count them, he shall finde that what he did by nature and chance, he cannot doe it so exactly by desseign."

Etymology

Etymology tree English heed English -y English heedy Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English heedily From heedy + -ly.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more heedily (comparative) most heedily (superlative)

Derived Forms

unheedily

Questions

What does heedily mean?: Heedfully; attentively.
Where does heedily come from?: Etymology tree English heed English -y English heedy Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English heedily From heedy + -ly.

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