Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thuggishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thug-gish-ly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a thuggish way.

Etymology

From thuggish + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more thuggishly (comparative) most thuggishly (superlative)

Questions

What does thuggishly mean?
In a thuggish way.
Where does thuggishly come from?
From thuggish + -ly.

How to pronounce thuggishly

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