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prudishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prud-ish-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a prudish manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English prudish Middle English -ly English -ly English prudishly From prudish + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more prudishly (comparative) most prudishly (superlative)

Synonyms

puritanically

Questions

What does prudishly mean?
In a prudish manner.
Where does prudishly come from?
Etymology tree English prudish Middle English -ly English -ly English prudishly From prudish + -ly.

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