Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spuriously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
spu-ri-ous-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a spurious manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English spurious Middle English -ly English -ly English spuriously From spurious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more spuriously (comparative) most spuriously (superlative)

Questions

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

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