Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parlously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-lous-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a parlous way.

Etymology

From parlous + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more parlously (comparative) most parlously (superlative)

Questions

What does parlously mean?
In a parlous way.
Where does parlously come from?
From parlous + -ly.

How to pronounce parlously

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