priestly

Other forms of priestly

comparative or superlative

priestlier

comparative or superlative

priestliest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about priestly

What does priestly mean?

priestly means "associated with the priesthood or priests". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in priestly?

priestly has 2 syllables: priest-ly. The stress falls on "priest". In IPA it is /ˈpɹistli/.

What is another word for priestly?

Close synonyms include hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal, priestlike. 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.

What is the opposite of priestly?

The recorded antonyms are unpriestly.

Is priestly a common word?

priestly 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.

What rhymes with priestly?

1 word rhymes with priestly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.