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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laidly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
laid-ly
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

ugly; loathsome

British usage; Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English laithlie (“ugly”), equivalent to loath+-ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more laidly (comparative) most laidly (superlative)

Questions

What does laidly mean?
ugly; loathsome
Where does laidly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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