luridly

1. 1.

   in a lurid manner

   “it was luridly described in the book as the place where mystics took refuge”

Questions about luridly

What does luridly mean?

luridly means "in a lurid manner".

How many syllables are in luridly?

luridly has 3 syllables and divides as lu-rid-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.

Is luridly a common word?

luridly 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.