Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nervily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nervi-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a nervy way.

Example Sentences

"To put it more nervily, and of course Ms. Rice does: “Well, now I knew just what it meant to be the man who knew he was God.”"

Etymology

From nervy + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nervy

Inflected Forms

more nervily (comparative) most nervily (superlative)

Synonyms

cheekily brashly

Questions

What does nervily mean?: In a nervy way.
Where does nervily come from?: From nervy + -ly.

How to pronounce nervily

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