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unthriftily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-thrifti-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that is not thrifty.

adv

In an immoral or dissolute manner.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English unthriftily. By surface analysis, unthrifty + ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more unthriftily (comparative) most unthriftily (superlative)

Questions

What does unthriftily mean?
In a way that is not thrifty.
Where does unthriftily come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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