Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thornily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thorni-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a thorny manner.

Etymology

From thorny + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more thornily (comparative) most thornily (superlative)

Questions

What does thornily mean?
In a thorny manner.
Where does thornily come from?
From thorny + -ly.

How to pronounce thornily

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