rivalrously
/ˈɹʌɪvəlɹəsli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With rivalry; competitively.
Example Sentences
- "The advent of Calonne as Controller-General and Breteuil as Minister for the Royal Household in November 1783 meant that the ministry now contained (with Vergennes) three rivalrously ambitious ministers with conflicting philosophies and power bases."
Etymology
From rivalrous + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɹʌɪvəlɹəsli/
Inflected Forms
more rivalrously (comparative)
most rivalrously (superlative)