Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

idolatrously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: idol-a-trous-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an idolatrous manner.

Example Sentences

"[…] yet didst thou find it better, to make up the breaches of that altar, which was misconsecrated to the service of thy God, than to make use of that pile, which was idolatrously devoted to a false god."

Etymology

Etymology tree English idolatrous Middle English -ly English -ly English idolatrously From idolatrous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more idolatrously (comparative) most idolatrously (superlative)

Questions

What does idolatrously mean?: In an idolatrous manner.
Where does idolatrously come from?: Etymology tree English idolatrous Middle English -ly English -ly English idolatrously From idolatrous + -ly.

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