Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retardively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-tar-di-ve-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to retard or hinder.

Example Sentences

"This basically weakly developed self-reflectiveness may be a disadvantage which retardively affects cultural development."

Etymology

From retardive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: retardive

Inflected Forms

more retardively (comparative) most retardively (superlative)

Questions

What does retardively mean?: So as to retard or hinder.
Where does retardively come from?: From retardive + -ly.

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