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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shoddily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
shod-di-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a shoddy manner; lacking quality and done poorly, usually in a cheap and low quality way.

Etymology

Etymology tree English shoddy Middle English -ly English -ly English shoddily From shoddy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more shoddily (comparative) most shoddily (superlative)

Questions

What does shoddily mean?
In a shoddy manner; lacking quality and done poorly, usually in a cheap and low quality way.
Where does shoddily come from?
Etymology tree English shoddy Middle English -ly English -ly English shoddily From shoddy + -ly.

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