Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stoutly

/ˈstaʊtli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: stout-ly
IPA: /ˈstaʊtli/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately.

adv

Of stout build.

Example Sentences

"He stoutly defended himself."
"He stoutly denied there was anything between them."
"The Indians tell us that there are diamonds to be found in the labyrinth, but they stoutly refuse to set foot there."
"He was a stoutly-built and thickly-set man, about the average height, with all the ordinary symptoms of paralysis […]"

Etymology

From Middle English stoutely, stouteliche, stoutliche, equivalent to stout + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: stoutely

Inflected Forms

more stoutly (comparative) most stoutly (superlative)

Synonyms

proudly robustly strongly torely

Rhymes With

devoutly outley

Questions

How do you pronounce stoutly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstaʊtli/.
What does stoutly mean?: In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately.
Where does stoutly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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