irreciprocally
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an irreciprocal manner; by not giving back some expected response.
Example Sentences
- "They say his farewell was bidden irreciprocally. (i.e., either they or he did not respond to it)"
- "Jane irreciprocally knows Mark. (he does not know her)"
- "And full well you know (faire Ladies) that where the mindes irreciprocally accorded, no dilligence wanteth for the desires execution: so this amorous couple, made many solemne protestations, untill they should bee friended by opportunity."
- "The present investigation had its origin in the discovery that the ciliary body was irreciprocally permeable to water. Since the movement of water in the transparent and watery tissues of the eye cannot readily be observed, we have been forced to study first the movement of substances that we could see, namely, dyes."
- "I’m just saying, no one is irreciprocally forcing it closed. It’s what everyone wants."
Etymology
From irreciprocal + -ly or ir- + reciprocally.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: ir-
- Suffix: irreciprocal
Inflected Forms
more irreciprocally (comparative)
most irreciprocally (superlative)