Word: porterly
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: por
ter
ly
Definition: Characteristic of a porter.
Morphemes:
Affix: porter
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To serve as a porter; to carry.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: porta
Language: la
Decoded: porta
Meaning: gate
Affix: -ly
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun".