Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiritedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
spirit-ed-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English spirited Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English spiritedly From spirited + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more spiritedly (comparative) most spiritedly (superlative)

Phrases

Frequently Paired Words

Questions

What does spiritedly mean?
In a spirited manner; with spirit; enthusiastically.
Where does spiritedly come from?
Etymology tree English spirited Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English spiritedly From spirited + -ly.

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