Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overprotectively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-pro-tec-tive-ly
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an overprotective way.

Example Sentences

"Shafak sketches these Armenians flatly and superficially, as uniformly and fiercely anti-Turk — and as overprotectively fretful about beautiful and bookish Armanoush."

Etymology

From overprotective + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: overprotective

Inflected Forms

more overprotectively (comparative) most overprotectively (superlative)

Questions

What does overprotectively mean?: In an overprotective way.
Where does overprotectively come from?: From overprotective + -ly.

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