Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peasantly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: peas-ant-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a peasant.

Example Sentences

"But ere I could enter three leaves into the Pamflet , (for I deferr the peasantly – rudenes , which by the Licencers leav , I met with afterwards"
"“Reckoning!” exclaimed Lord Dalgarno in the same tone as a rustique before, “perish the peasantly phrase! […]”"
"On the other hand, Ceribašić shows the persistence of “ancient”, “domestic” and “peasantly” as potential bearers of national identity."
"That sounds nice, if rather old Russian and peasantly."
"I have no words in this peasantly state. Peasantly indeed, infinitely peasantly!"

Etymology

From peasant + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: peasant

Inflected Forms

more peasantly (comparative) most peasantly (superlative)

Questions

What does peasantly mean?: Like a peasant.
Where does peasantly come from?: From peasant + -ly.

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