Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leoninely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
leonine-ly
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a leonine manner.

Etymology

From leonine + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more leoninely (comparative) most leoninely (superlative)

Questions

What does leoninely mean?
In a leonine manner.
Where does leoninely come from?
From leonine + -ly.

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