Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purposelike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pur-pose-like
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

purposeful

Etymology

From purpose + -like.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more purposelike (comparative) most purposelike (superlative)

Derived Forms

unpurposelike

Questions

What does purposelike mean?
purposeful
Where does purposelike come from?
From purpose + -like.

How to pronounce purposelike

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