Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spellingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spelling-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Spelling out words from letters.

Example Sentences

"Jeames read the morning paper to the ladies; not spellingly and with hesitation, as many gentlemen do, but easily and elegantly, speaking off the longest words without a moment's difficulty."

Etymology

From spelling + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spelling

Inflected Forms

more spellingly (comparative) most spellingly (superlative)

Questions

What does spellingly mean?: Spelling out words from letters.
Where does spellingly come from?: From spelling + -ly.

How to pronounce spellingly

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