Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quakerly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quak-er-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to Quakers.

adj

Befitting a Quaker.

Example Sentences

"I was amused to hear his sister describe some of those eruptions in her slow, Quakerly fashion."
"Those pretty curls were not Quakerly."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Quaker Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English Quakerly From Quaker + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more Quakerly (comparative) most Quakerly (superlative)

Derived Forms

unquakerly

Questions

What does quakerly mean?: Pertaining to Quakers.
Where does quakerly come from?: Etymology tree English Quaker Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English Quakerly From Quaker + -ly.

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