Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

venally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ve-nal-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a venal fashion; mercenarily or in a manner subject to corruption.

Etymology

Etymology tree English venal Middle English -ly English -ly English venally From venal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more venally (comparative) most venally (superlative)

Synonyms

dishonestly deceitfully

Questions

What does venally mean?: In a venal fashion; mercenarily or in a manner subject to corruption.
Where does venally come from?: Etymology tree English venal Middle English -ly English -ly English venally From venal + -ly.

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