Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbolically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-bol-i-cal-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With carbolic acid.

Example Sentences

"Personally I had these suspicions at the time, and I took every precaution, by washing my hands carbolically after seeing a patient with a sore throat of any kind […]"
"The young minds had first to be emptied, and then carbolically scoured, before they could be filled with The Truth."

Etymology

From carbolic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: carbolic

Questions

What does carbolically mean?: With carbolic acid.
Where does carbolically come from?: From carbolic + -ally.

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