Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inelegantly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
in-el-e-gant-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an inelegant manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English inelegant Middle English -ly English -ly English inelegantly From inelegant + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more inelegantly (comparative) most inelegantly (superlative)

Questions

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

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