Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lifely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
life-ly
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or endued with life; living; vital; essential.

adv

In a lifelike manner.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English lifly, lyfly, lyflich, from Old English līflīċ (“living; vital”), equivalent to life + -ly. Doublet of lively and lifelike.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more lifely (comparative) most lifely (superlative)

Questions

What does lifely mean?
Of, pertaining to, or endued with life; living; vital; essential.
Where does lifely come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce lifely

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