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longsomely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
long-some-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a longsome, long-lasting, or tedious manner; lengthily.

Etymology

From Middle English *langsumliche, from Old English langsumlīċe (“long, during or for a long time; patiently, with long-suffering”), equivalent to longsome + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more longsomely (comparative) most longsomely (superlative)

Synonyms

at length enduringly protractedly

Questions

What does longsomely mean?
In a longsome, long-lasting, or tedious manner; lengthily.
Where does longsomely come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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