Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sterlingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ster-ling-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Finely; excellently; with high quality.

Example Sentences

"Of all the books which have been published on India, this, perhaps, is the most sterlingly valuable."

Etymology

From sterling + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sterling

Inflected Forms

more sterlingly (comparative) most sterlingly (superlative)

Questions

What does sterlingly mean?: Finely; excellently; with high quality.
Where does sterlingly come from?: From sterling + -ly.

How to pronounce sterlingly

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