Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

erosively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ero-sive-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Through erosion.

Example Sentences

"Ages have passed since the salt waters of the Severn estuary pressed on into the heart of England, and cut erosively the Red Sandstone cliffs of Bridgnorth, still scored with their water-marks."

Etymology

From erosive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more erosively (comparative) most erosively (superlative)

Questions

What does erosively mean?: Through erosion.
Where does erosively come from?: From erosive + -ly.

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