Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indecently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: in-de-cent-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an indecent manner.

adv

To an extreme degree.

Example Sentences

"Chloryl fluoride, ClO₂F, was first reported by Schmitz and Schumacher in 1942. It is indecently reactive, and the hardest to keep of all the Cl-O-F compounds, since it apparently dissolves the protective metal fluoride coatings that make the storage of ClF₃ comparatively simple."
"She didn't actually swing around from the light bulbs, but she was indecently active for her years."

Etymology

Etymology tree English indecent Middle English -ly English -ly English indecently From indecent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more indecently (comparative) most indecently (superlative)

Synonyms

immorally improperly unseemly illicitly immodestly incontinently indecently reprehensibly unchastely unvirtuously wickedly wrongfully

Questions

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

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