Wordwyrt

sorely

/ˈsɔːli/SAWR-lee
/ˈsɔɹli/SAWR-lee

Meaningin a sore way

Common meaning: badly

Other meanings: very much

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishsar‘painful’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishsorsource
  3. Englishsore‘painful’
  4. Englishformed in English from soresorely‘badly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from sore + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SORE, p.574 · scan

Source words

  • sar Old English · source word “painful”

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app