Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shi-ly
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Archaic form of shyly.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"There are nations whose commodities are looked shily upon by merchants...."

Etymology

From shy + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shy

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more shily (comparative) most shily (superlative)

Questions

What does shily mean?: Archaic form of shyly.
Where does shily come from?: From shy + -ly.

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