Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rearwardly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: rear-ward-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Extending in a rearward manner. Positioned to the rear of an object.

Etymology

Etymology tree English rearward Middle English -ly English -ly English rearwardly From rearward + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more rearwardly (comparative) most rearwardly (superlative)

Questions

What does rearwardly mean?: Extending in a rearward manner. Positioned to the rear of an object.
Where does rearwardly come from?: Etymology tree English rearward Middle English -ly English -ly English rearwardly From rearward + -ly.

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