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nefariously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
ne-far-i-ous-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a nefarious manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English nefarious Middle English -ly English -ly English nefariously From nefarious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more nefariously (comparative) most nefariously (superlative)

Questions

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

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