popishly

1. 1.

   like the Pope; in a popish manner

Questions about popishly

What does popishly mean?

popishly means "like the Pope; in a popish manner".

How many syllables are in popishly?

popishly has 3 syllables and divides as po-pish-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 popishly a common word?

popishly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.