straightlacedly
The word 'straight-lacedly' is divided into three syllables: straight-laced-ly. The primary stress is on 'straight'. It's formed from the prefix 'straight', root 'lace', and suffixes '-ed' and '-ly'. Syllable division follows vowel and suffix rules, consistent with similar adverbs like 'badly' and 'slowly'.
Definitions
- 1
In a rigidly moral or conventional way; severely.
“She behaved very straight-lacedly at the party.”
“He criticized her for acting so straight-lacedly.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the first syllable ('straight'), and secondary stress falls on the second syllable ('laced'). The final syllable ('ly') is unstressed.
Syllables
straight — Open syllable, primary stress, contains a diphthong.. laced — Closed syllable, secondary stress, contains a diphthong.. ly — Open syllable, unstressed, short syllable.
Word Parts
Vowel Rule
Syllables are generally divided around vowel sounds.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are typically kept together within a syllable.
Suffix Rule
Suffixes are often separated into their own syllables.
- The compound adjective 'straight-laced' could be considered a single morpheme, but separating it for syllabification is more consistent with general English rules.
- The diphthongs /eɪ/ do not affect the syllable division rules.
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