Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sessilely

/ˈsɛs.aɪl.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ses-sile-ly
IPA: /ˈsɛs.aɪl.li/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a sessile manner.

Example Sentences

"The species, so far as the shape of the lorica is concerned, resembles the sessilely attached fresh-water Salpingaeca fusiformis, S. K., but is excluded from the section to which Kent has relegated the latter, by the possession of the pedicle."

Etymology

From sessile + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sessile

Inflected Forms

more sessilely (comparative) most sessilely (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce sessilely?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛs.aɪl.li/.
What does sessilely mean?: In a sessile manner.
Where does sessilely come from?: From sessile + -ly.

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