Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stepfatherly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
step-fa-ther-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like or befitting a stepfather.

Etymology

From stepfather + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more stepfatherly (comparative) most stepfatherly (superlative)

Questions

What does stepfatherly mean?
Like or befitting a stepfather.
Where does stepfatherly come from?
From stepfather + -ly.

How to pronounce stepfatherly

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