sordidly

1. 1.

   in a sordid or squalid way

   Synonymssqualidly

Questions about sordidly

What does sordidly mean?

sordidly means "in a sordid or squalid way".

How many syllables are in sordidly?

sordidly has 3 syllables: sor-did-ly. The stress falls on "sor".

What is another word for sordidly?

Close synonyms include squalidly. 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 sordidly a common word?

sordidly 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.