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torely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tore-ly
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With difficulty; hardly; stoutly; firmly.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English torely, torly; equivalent to tore + -ly. More at tore.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more torely (comparative) most torely (superlative)

Questions

What does torely mean?
With difficulty; hardly; stoutly; firmly.
Where does torely come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce torely

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