Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vestally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vestal-ly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a vestal manner; purely; chastely.

Example Sentences

"But we do know that she, though not vestally inclined, as we shall see, remained unmarried until 1582, and that then the woman of twenty-six took to husband the boy of eighteen."

Etymology

From vestal + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vestal

Inflected Forms

more vestally (comparative) most vestally (superlative)

Questions

What does vestally mean?: In a vestal manner; purely; chastely.
Where does vestally come from?: From vestal + -ly.

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