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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infirmly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-firm-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an infirm manner; feebly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English infirm Middle English -ly English -ly English infirmly From infirm + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more infirmly (comparative) most infirmly (superlative)

Questions

What does infirmly mean?
In an infirm manner; feebly.
Where does infirmly come from?
Etymology tree English infirm Middle English -ly English -ly English infirmly From infirm + -ly.

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