Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suppletively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sup-ple-tive-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a suppletive way.

Example Sentences

"And as noted in chapter 2, in exactly this sense the adjective bad compares regularly, not suppletively: bad – badder – baddest."

Etymology

From suppletive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: suppletive

Inflected Forms

more suppletively (comparative) most suppletively (superlative)

Questions

What does suppletively mean?: In a suppletive way.
Where does suppletively come from?: From suppletive + -ly.

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