Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shamefastly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shame-fast-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a shamefast manner.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English schamefastly, equivalent to shamefast + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: schamefastly
Suffix: shamefast

Inflected Forms

more shamefastly (comparative) most shamefastly (superlative)

Questions

What does shamefastly mean?: In a shamefast manner.
Where does shamefastly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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