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obtusely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
ob-tuse-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an obtuse manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English obtuse 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 obtusely From obtuse + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more obtusely (comparative) most obtusely (superlative)

Phrases

obtusely umbonate

Synonyms

dumbly densely

Questions

What does obtusely mean?
In an obtuse manner.
Where does obtusely come from?
Etymology tree English obtuse 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 obtusely From obtuse + -ly.

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