Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

literately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
lit-er-ate-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the way of one who is literate.

Etymology

Etymology tree English literate Middle English -ly English -ly English literately From literate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more literately (comparative) most literately (superlative)

Questions

What does literately mean?
In the way of one who is literate.
Where does literately come from?
Etymology tree English literate Middle English -ly English -ly English literately From literate + -ly.

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