Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manlessly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-less-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[L]et her vvounds / Manleſly digd in her, be eaſd and cur'd / VVith balme of thine ovvne teares: […]"
"Thus furie-like ſhe [Andromache] vvent, / Tvvo vvomen (as ſhe vvill'd) at hand; and made her quicke aſcent / Vp to the tovvre, and preaſſe of men; her ſpirit in vprore. Round / She caſt her greedy eye, and ſavv, her Hector ſlaine, and bound / T' Achilles chariot; manleſly, dragg'd to the Grecian fleet."

Etymology

From manless + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: manless

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more manlessly (comparative) most manlessly (superlative)

Questions

What does manlessly mean?: Inhumanly.
Where does manlessly come from?: From manless + -ly.

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