Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stepmotherly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
step-moth-er-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like or befitting a stepmother

Etymology

From stepmother + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more stepmotherly (comparative) most stepmotherly (superlative)

Derived Forms

stepmotherliness unstepmotherly

Questions

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

How to pronounce stepmotherly

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