Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obstreperously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ob-streper-ous-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an obstreperous manner.

Example Sentences

"The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously."

Etymology

Etymology tree English obstreperous Middle English -ly English -ly English obstreperously From obstreperous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more obstreperously (comparative) most obstreperously (superlative)

Synonyms

loudly clamorously

Questions

What does obstreperously mean?: In an obstreperous manner.
Where does obstreperously come from?: Etymology tree English obstreperous Middle English -ly English -ly English obstreperously From obstreperous + -ly.

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