Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fricatively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
frica-tive-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a fricative way.

Etymology

From fricative + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more fricatively (comparative) most fricatively (superlative)

Questions

What does fricatively mean?
In a fricative way.
Where does fricatively come from?
From fricative + -ly.

How to pronounce fricatively

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