Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunderly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sun-der-ly
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

separate; distinct; individual; private

Archaic

adv

singly; one by one; individually; in a separate way or manner; separately

Example Sentences

"Then it was in forthgoing time, that he built him a sunderly dwelling, that he might in it freely serve God."
"But as I deny not but as we may say the Pater noster, and the Ave Maria together (that to God, this to our Lady), so we may say them sunderly, the Pater noster by itself, and the Ave by itself; and the Pater noster is a whole and a perfect prayer, without the Ave Maria; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English sunderli, sonderli, from Old English sundorlīċ, synderlīċ, equivalent to sunder + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sunderli, sundorlīċ, sundorlīċe
Suffix: sunder

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more sunderly (comparative) most sunderly (superlative)

Questions

What does sunderly mean?: separate; distinct; individual; private
Where does sunderly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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