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11 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adverb in an apologetic and defensive manner
adverb in a defensive manner
originEtymology tree English defensive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English defensively From defensive + -ly.
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Words from these letters
- defensive 16
- densify 14
- sylvine 13
- fleyed 13
- sniveled 12
- evenly 12
- finely 12
- lenify 12
- sylvin 12
- vinyls 12
- deify 12
- edify 12