Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: long-ly
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

For a long time; wearisomely.

adv

With longing desire.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Master, you looked so longly on the maid,"

Etymology

Etymology tree English long Middle English -ly English -ly English longly From long + -ly.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more longly (comparative) most longly (superlative)

Questions

What does longly mean?: For a long time; wearisomely.
Where does longly come from?: Etymology tree English long Middle English -ly English -ly English longly From long + -ly.

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