Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humourously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hu-mourous-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative spelling of humorously.

Canadian usage; British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree English humourous Middle English -ly English -ly English humourously From humourous + -ly.

Usage

Canadian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

more humourously (comparative) most humourously (superlative)

Questions

What does humourously mean?: Alternative spelling of humorously.
Where does humourously come from?: Etymology tree English humourous Middle English -ly English -ly English humourously From humourous + -ly.

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