Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exploratorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-plorato-ri-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an exploratory manner.

Example Sentences

"Thereupon his first act was to pass his hand exploratorily over his head, when there came away a mass of hair not smaller than the first quantity."

Etymology

From exploratory + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: exploratory

Inflected Forms

more exploratorily (comparative) most exploratorily (superlative)

Synonyms

exploratively

Questions

What does exploratorily mean?: In an exploratory manner.
Where does exploratorily come from?: From exploratory + -ly.

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