Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insidely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-sid-e-ly
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an inside or internal manner; internally.

Example Sentences

"You say something outsidely rude and insidely civil about its being my choice to edit; […]"
"That is mentally—outsidely, but not insidely. You have not relaxed down through your body at all."
"Five new members in the Connecticut club were taken on a selling campaign, over the hurdles of a couple of shrewd, hard boiled, insidely informed partners in a paint and wallpaper store — one of the roughest trips the quintet ever […]"
"And all it means: yet it begins "outsidely", like any other day; even "insidely" — oh, yes, deep inside one, it is different."

Etymology

From inside + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: inside

Inflected Forms

more insidely (comparative) most insidely (superlative)

Antonyms

outsidely

Questions

What does insidely mean?: In an inside or internal manner; internally.
Where does insidely come from?: From inside + -ly.

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