Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stout-heartedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: stout--heart-ed-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of stoutheartedly.

Example Sentences

"With this in mind, my father hid my brother and sister (who were still quite small), under his bulky overcoat with hand-made pockets. I walked, stout-heartedly, beside him. This way my parents hoped and prayed that the Turks would see only one child and let us pass by unharmed."
"And he tries stout-heartedly to explain away Lorenzo Clark's anti-Semitic jibes and mean tricks by pretending that the black is half-crazed by his terminal malady."

Etymology

From stout-hearted + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stout-hearted

Inflected Forms

more stout-heartedly (comparative) most stout-heartedly (superlative)

Questions

What does stout-heartedly mean?: Alternative form of stoutheartedly.
Where does stout-heartedly come from?: From stout-hearted + -ly.

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