speechlessly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a speechless manner; without speaking.
Example Sentences
- "He stood there speechlessly. The surprise had rendered him unable to make an intelligible reply."
- "That afternoon they stood at the foot of Mrs. Civil's bed. She was propped up by pillows, and through the little window looking westward the afternoon sun blazed unsparingly on the discoloured face of the sick woman, speechlessly rigid."
- "His eyes grew round and he pointed speechlessly into space."
Etymology
Etymology tree English speechless Middle English -ly English -ly English speechlessly From speechless + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more speechlessly (comparative)
most speechlessly (superlative)