puritanly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the manner of a Puritan; puritanically.
adv
Alternative letter-case form of Puritanly.
Example Sentences
- "Many a puritanly descended maiden feels the molten drops in her veins from some untamed, unpuritan ancestor."
- "Every absurd prejudice, so puritanly ingrained in the minds of most middle class divisions and sections and even amongst the more cultivated, was endlessly repeated upon with the usual banalities in the large correspondence of their friends and others."
- "The man, hat in hand, said his name was De Groot, Peter de Groot, smiling down on her puritanly prim little figure with a question in his eyes whether the name itself meant anything to her."
- "This included such details as one ambassador’s coloured worsted suit with gold braid, the Banqueting House in Whitehall hung with tapestries designed by Raphael, but also the information that Marquis Hamilton served as chamberlain, since the puritanly affected Earl of Pembroke was sick, or feigning sickness."
Etymology
From Puritan + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more puritanly (comparative)
most puritanly (superlative)