Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nastily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: nas-ti-ly
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a nasty manner.

Example Sentences

"laced with humor that lampoons and ridicules, but never nastily so"

Etymology

Etymology tree English nasty Middle English -ly English -ly English nastily From nasty + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more nastily (comparative) most nastily (superlative)

Synonyms

meanly

Questions

What does nastily mean?: In a nasty manner.
Where does nastily come from?: Etymology tree English nasty Middle English -ly English -ly English nastily From nasty + -ly.

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