Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
back--hand-ed-ly
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of backhandedly.

Etymology

From back-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more back-handedly (comparative) most back-handedly (superlative)

Questions

What does back-handedly mean?
Alternative form of backhandedly.
Where does back-handedly come from?
From back-handed + -ly.

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