Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thwartly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thwart-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

transversely; obliquely

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English thwertli, twhertly, equivalent to thwart + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: thwertli
Suffix: thwart

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more thwartly (comparative) most thwartly (superlative)

Questions

What does thwartly mean?: transversely; obliquely
Where does thwartly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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