Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schoolmasterly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
school-mas-ter-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a schoolmaster.

Etymology

From schoolmaster + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more schoolmasterly (comparative) most schoolmasterly (superlative)

Questions

What does schoolmasterly mean?
Befitting a schoolmaster.
Where does schoolmasterly come from?
From schoolmaster + -ly.

How to pronounce schoolmasterly

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