Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

statecrafty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: state-crafty
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able in statecraft, politically adept.

Example Sentences

"Should she wed him, acquitted as he had been by the peers and prelates of the crime of which he had been charged, and recommended by these same reverend prelates and statecrafty peers, with her brother at their head, to her earnest and favourable notice, a new dawn might shine upon het gloomy fortune."
"1931, Donn Byrne (Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne), "Fosterage", in Rivers of Damascus, and Other Stories, published posthumously by The Century Company, page 73. The trouble was that for a brilliant, warlike and statecrafty nation, there was not enough army, parliament and offices to go around."

Etymology

From statecraft + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: statecraft

Inflected Forms

more statecrafty (comparative) most statecrafty (superlative)

Questions

What does statecrafty mean?: Able in statecraft, politically adept.
Where does statecrafty come from?: From statecraft + -y.

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