Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hereditarily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: hered-i-tar-i-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hereditary manner.

adv

With regard to inheritance.

Example Sentences

"After all, there might be some queer and perhaps hereditarily misshapen outcasts in those shunned hills, even though no such race of star-born monsters as folklore claimed."

Etymology

From hereditary + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hereditary

Questions

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

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