Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrongheadedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wrong-head-ed-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a wrongheaded manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English wrongheaded Middle English -ly English -ly English wrongheadedly From wrongheaded + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more wrongheadedly (comparative) most wrongheadedly (superlative)

Questions

What does wrongheadedly mean?
In a wrongheaded manner.
Where does wrongheadedly come from?
Etymology tree English wrongheaded Middle English -ly English -ly English wrongheadedly From wrongheaded + -ly.

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