Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steamily

/ˈstiːmɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: steam-i-ly
IPA: /ˈstiːmɪli/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a steamy manner.

Example Sentences

"Behind him, through a wall of plate glass, gray Manhattan sulked steamily under a drifting pall of April rain."

Etymology

From steamy + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: steamy

Inflected Forms

more steamily (comparative) most steamily (superlative)

Rhymes With

supremely dreamily creamily beamily

Questions

How do you pronounce steamily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstiːmɪli/.
What does steamily mean?: In a steamy manner.
Where does steamily come from?: From steamy + -ly.

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