Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preciously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
pre-cious-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a precious manner.

Etymology

From Middle English preciously, equivalent to precious + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more preciously (comparative) most preciously (superlative) pretiously (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

very really real rattling most precious

Questions

What does preciously mean?
In a precious manner.
Where does preciously come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce preciously

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