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melancholily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
melan-cho-lily
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a melancholy manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English melancholy Middle English -ly English -ly English melancholily From melancholy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more melancholily (comparative) most melancholily (superlative)

Questions

What does melancholily mean?
In a melancholy manner.
Where does melancholily come from?
Etymology tree English melancholy Middle English -ly English -ly English melancholily From melancholy + -ly.

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