extinctively
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an extinctive manner.
Example Sentences
- "A study of the experiments which have been made to determine the composition of atmospheres, which act extinctively upon flame, shows that in many cases the atmosphere under examination was in contact with water."
Etymology
From extinctive + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more extinctively (comparative)
most extinctively (superlative)