dentally
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.26 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With reference to dental matters; with regards to the teeth.
Example Sentences
- "Fireman Foreman's loose-lipped mouth widened in a filial grin, dentally interesting."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin dentālisder. Middle French dentalbor. ▲ Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental 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 dentally From dental + -ly.