Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

efficiently

/ɪfˈɪʃəntli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: ef-fi-cient-ly
IPA: /ɪfˈɪʃəntli/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an efficient manner.

Example Sentences

"The second half was a less open affair, in which West Brom grew increasingly and efficiently conservative."

Etymology

Etymology tree English efficient Middle English -ly English -ly English efficiently From efficient + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more efficiently (comparative) most efficiently (superlative)

Synonyms

expeditiously

Rhymes With

sufficiently insufficiently inefficiently

Questions

How do you pronounce efficiently?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪfˈɪʃəntli/.
What does efficiently mean?: In an efficient manner.
Where does efficiently come from?: Etymology tree English efficient Middle English -ly English -ly English efficiently From efficient + -ly.

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