aerially
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.60 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Via the air, as in aerial transmission of diseases.
Example Sentences
- "Some months later it was determined that the infection resisted containment measures so easily because it was transmitted aerially."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der. Latin āerius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English aerial 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 aerially From aerial + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more aerially (comparative)
most aerially (superlative)