Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sycophantly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
syco-phant-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a sycophantic manner.

Etymology

From sycophant + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more sycophantly (comparative) most sycophantly (superlative)

Questions

What does sycophantly mean?
In a sycophantic manner.
Where does sycophantly come from?
From sycophant + -ly.

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