Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laconicly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: la-con-icly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a laconic manner.

Example Sentences

"An unsuccessful man was in prison , and wrote to him for relief; he replied very laconicly , that it was not convenient to him to grant it; but a little time afterwards a person waited upon the applicant, and told him he had some money for him, but he was on no account to tell who from, but he hoped it would be of use to him, and if it was, and he really required more, he had a discretionary power to relieve him."
"As Lindbergh walked back thoughtfully to headquarters to make his report, a mechanic observed laconicly, "I forgot to tell you the needle on the oxygen indicator was not working properly.""
"“Anybody care to guess what this might be?” he asked, laconicly."

Etymology

From laconic + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: laconic

Inflected Forms

more laconicly (comparative) most laconicly (superlative)

Questions

What does laconicly mean?: In a laconic manner.
Where does laconicly come from?: From laconic + -ly.

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