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plightly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
plight-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Dangerously; with peril.

Etymology

From Middle English plihtliche, from Old English *plihtlīċe (“dangerously”), from plihtlīċ (“dangerous, perilous”), equivalent to plight + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

plightlier (comparative) more plightly (comparative) plightliest (superlative) most plightly (superlative)

Questions

What does plightly mean?
Dangerously; with peril.
Where does plightly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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