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indelicately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
in-del-i-cate-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an indelicate manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English indelicate Middle English -ly English -ly English indelicately From indelicate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more indelicately (comparative) most indelicately (superlative)

Questions

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

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