Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upways

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-ways
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Example Sentences

"The peaked caps all tried to get the hat upright, but it lobbed over sideways and backways and refused to stick upways, so that one of the peaked caps was forced to explain why."

Etymology

From up + -ways.

Questions

What does upways mean?: upward
Where does upways come from?: From up + -ways.

How to pronounce upways

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