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winly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
win-ly
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.

Obsolete

adv

Delightfully; pleasantly.

Obsolete

adv

Quietly.

Obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English winly, wynnelych, wunliche, from Old English wynlīċ (“joyous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjulīk (“joyous”), from *wunjō (“joy, delight, desire”), equivalent to winne + -ly. More at winne, winsome.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more winly (comparative) most winly (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

winne winsome

Questions

What does winly mean?
Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.
Where does winly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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