Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

highly-strung

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
high-ly-strung
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of high-strung.

Inflected Forms

more highly-strung (comparative) most highly-strung (superlative)

Synonyms

high-strung

Questions

What does highly-strung mean?
Synonym of high-strung.

How to pronounce highly-strung

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