exhaustively
/ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.42 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an exhaustive manner.
Example Sentences
- "While dictionaries might aspire to be exhaustively comprehensive, or even completist, it is doubtful whether any dictionary ever truly attempts to cover the entirety of the flora and fauna of a living language due to the overwhelming number of entries this would necessitate."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin exhaustīvusbor. English exhaustive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English exhaustively From exhaustive + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv.li/
- British English: /ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv.li/
Inflected Forms
more exhaustively (comparative)
most exhaustively (superlative)