Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skilfully

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: skil-ful-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

UK standard spelling of skillfully.

Etymology

Etymology tree English skilful Middle English -ly English -ly English skilfully From skilful + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more skilfully (comparative) most skilfully (superlative) skillfully (alternative)

Synonyms

skillfully

Questions

What does skilfully mean?: UK standard spelling of skillfully.
Where does skilfully come from?: Etymology tree English skilful Middle English -ly English -ly English skilfully From skilful + -ly.

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