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tortuously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
tor-tu-ous-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a tortuous manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English tortuous Middle English -ly English -ly English tortuously From tortuous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more tortuously (comparative) most tortuously (superlative)

Questions

What does tortuously mean?
In a tortuous manner.
Where does tortuously come from?
Etymology tree English tortuous Middle English -ly English -ly English tortuously From tortuous + -ly.

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