Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scathely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scathe-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Harmful; scatheful.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English skathlye, equivalent to scathe + -ly. Compare Middle English skathely (adverb).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more scathely (comparative) most scathely (superlative) skaithly (alternative)

Questions

What does scathely mean?
Harmful; scatheful.
Where does scathely come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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