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shrewishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shrewish-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a shrewish way.

Etymology

From shrewish + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more shrewishly (comparative) most shrewishly (superlative)

Questions

What does shrewishly mean?
In a shrewish way.
Where does shrewishly come from?
From shrewish + -ly.

How to pronounce shrewishly

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