Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indefensibly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
in-de-fen-si-bly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an indefensible manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English indefensible Middle English -ly English -ly English indefensibly From indefensible + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more indefensibly (comparative) most indefensibly (superlative)

Questions

What does indefensibly mean?
In an indefensible manner.
Where does indefensibly come from?
Etymology tree English indefensible Middle English -ly English -ly English indefensibly From indefensible + -ly.

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