Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scratchily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scratchi-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a scratchy manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English scratchy Middle English -ly English -ly English scratchily From scratchy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more scratchily (comparative) most scratchily (superlative)

Questions

What does scratchily mean?
In a scratchy manner.
Where does scratchily come from?
Etymology tree English scratchy Middle English -ly English -ly English scratchily From scratchy + -ly.

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