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soothly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sooth-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Truly, verily.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English sothly, soþliche, from Old English sōþlīċe; equivalent to sooth + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more soothly (comparative) most soothly (superlative)

Synonyms

in fact soothfast above a bit actually all things considered as a matter of fact by right certainly come to think of it de facto definitely de jure

Questions

What does soothly mean?
Truly, verily.
Where does soothly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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