Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saturnally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sat-ur-nal-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Under the influence of Saturn; gloomily.

Example Sentences

"according as they have more or lesse removed themselves from their spirituality, so are they more or lesse merily and Giovially, or rudely and Saturnally incorporated: Whence proceedeth the infinite variety of so much matter created."
"But if it be requisite to narrate what follows from the conception of Porphyry, it must be said, that the soul lives indeed intellectually and Saturnally on high, but descends first to the conception of a political life, which is Jovian."

Etymology

From saturnal + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: saturnal

Inflected Forms

more saturnally (comparative) most saturnally (superlative)

Questions

What does saturnally mean?: Under the influence of Saturn; gloomily.
Where does saturnally come from?: From saturnal + -ly.

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