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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knavishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
knav-ish-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a knavish manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From knavish + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more knavishly (comparative) most knavishly (superlative)

Synonyms

craftily cunningly foxily slyly trickily artfully

Questions

What does knavishly mean?
In a knavish manner.
Where does knavishly come from?
From knavish + -ly.

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