Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
mai-ly
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

rough, rugged

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail English -y English maily From mail + -y.

Inflected Forms

more maily (comparative) most maily (superlative)

Questions

What does maily mean?
rough, rugged
Where does maily come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *malhō Frankish *malhabor. Medieval Latin malader. Anglo-Norman malebor. ▲ Old French malebor. Middle English male English mail English -y English maily From mail + -y.

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