Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

statesmanly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: states-man-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a statesman.

Etymology

Etymology tree English statesman Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English statesmanly From statesman + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more statesmanly (comparative) most statesmanly (superlative)

Derived Forms

unstatesmanly

Synonyms

statesmanlike

Questions

What does statesmanly mean?: Befitting a statesman.
Where does statesmanly come from?: Etymology tree English statesman Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English statesmanly From statesman + -ly.

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