Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretendedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-tend-ed-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that is pretended; under false pretence.

Example Sentences

"This Author mightily triumphs in Bishops confirming Children, pretendedly Baptized by Dissenting Teachers, as if they therefore acknowledg'd those Baptisms to be Valid."

Etymology

From pretended + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pretended

Inflected Forms

more pretendedly (comparative) most pretendedly (superlative)

Questions

What does pretendedly mean?: In a way that is pretended; under false pretence.
Where does pretendedly come from?: From pretended + -ly.

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