committally

/kəˈmɪtəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adv

"It is even a convention in some quarters (which I shall not follow) to use "I will do x" as an intentive and "I shall do x" as an indicative; or at any rate, less committally, "I will" where there is, as Fowler's Modern English Usage puts it, "an implication of intention, volition, or choice"."

From committal + -ly.

more committally (comparative) most committally (superlative) commitally (alternative)

noncommittally

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How do you pronounce committally?

The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈmɪtəli/.

What does committally mean?

In a committal manner.

Where does committally come from?

From committal + -ly.

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