What does daftly mean?

daftly means "in a mildly insane manner".

How many syllables are in daftly?

daftly has 2 syllables and divides as daft-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for daftly?

Close synonyms include dottily, balmily, nuttily, wackily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is daftly a common word?

daftly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Daftly — meaning, 4 synonyms and examples

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a mildly insane manner
“the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily”
Synonymsdottily balmily nuttily wackily

Questions about daftly

What does daftly mean?: daftly means "in a mildly insane manner".
How many syllables are in daftly?: daftly has 2 syllables and divides as daft-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for daftly?

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