Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muscularly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: mus-cu-lar-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a muscular manner.

Example Sentences

"He cuddles and kisses Jesse and Owen muscularly, surprising Jesse by biting his lip."

Etymology

Etymology tree English muscular Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English muscularly From muscular + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more muscularly (comparative) most muscularly (superlative)

Derived Forms

intermuscularly

Questions

What does muscularly mean?: In a muscular manner.
Where does muscularly come from?: Etymology tree English muscular Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English muscularly From muscular + -ly.

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