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overthwartly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-thwart-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an overthwart manner; going across.

Obsolete

adv

perversely

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English overthwertly; equivalent to overthwart + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more overthwartly (comparative) most overthwartly (superlative)

Questions

What does overthwartly mean?
In an overthwart manner; going across.
Where does overthwartly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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