Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yeply

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yeply
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Promptly; quickly; at once.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English ȝeply, ȝapliche, ȝepliche, from Old English ġēaplīċe (“cleverly; cunningly; deceitfully; boldly”), equivalent to yep + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more yeply (comparative) most yeply (superlative) yaply (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

gap gape

Questions

What does yeply mean?
Promptly; quickly; at once.
Where does yeply come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce yeply

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