Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skittishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
skit-tish-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a skittish manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English skittish Middle English -ly English -ly English skittishly From skittish + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more skittishly (comparative) most skittishly (superlative)

Questions

What does skittishly mean?
In a skittish manner.
Where does skittishly come from?
Etymology tree English skittish Middle English -ly English -ly English skittishly From skittish + -ly.

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