Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

learnedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: learned-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an educated and knowledgeable manner.

Example Sentences

"The professor spoke learnedly for an hour about his abstruse scholarship; but he couldn't string two words together to speak to the pretty woman."

Etymology

Etymology tree English learned Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English learnedly From learned + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more learnedly (comparative) most learnedly (superlative) learnèdly (alternative)

Derived Forms

overlearnedly

Synonyms

eruditely

Questions

What does learnedly mean?: In an educated and knowledgeable manner.
Where does learnedly come from?: Etymology tree English learned Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English learnedly From learned + -ly.

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