Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
left--hand-ed-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a left-handed manner.

Etymology

From left-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more left-handedly (comparative) most left-handedly (superlative) lefthandedly (alternative)

Questions

What does left-handedly mean?
In a left-handed manner.
Where does left-handedly come from?
From left-handed + -ly.

How to pronounce left-handedly

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