Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semilegitimately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: semi-le-git-i-mate-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a semilegitimate manner.

Example Sentences

"With 2 minutes 56 seconds left, the referees missed an easily seen reach-in by Webber, which sent him and Horry sprawling, but whistled Divac (semilegitimately) for his sixth foul."

Etymology

From semilegitimate + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: semilegitimate

Questions

What does semilegitimately mean?: In a semilegitimate manner.
Where does semilegitimately come from?: From semilegitimate + -ly.

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