Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spylike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spy-like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a spy.

Example Sentences

"[…] he looked an officer and a gentleman, though he had been engaged so long in plots, counterplots, intrigues, and conspiracies that a sort of spylike expression had come into his face."

Etymology

From spy + -like.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: spy

Inflected Forms

more spylike (comparative) most spylike (superlative)

Questions

What does spylike mean?: Resembling or characteristic of a spy.
Where does spylike come from?: From spy + -like.

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