neurotically
/njʊˈɹɑtɪkli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
Etymology tree English neurotic 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 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English neurotically From neurotic + -ally.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /njʊˈɹɑtɪkli/
- British English: /njʊə̯ˈɹɒtɪklɪ/
Inflected Forms
more neurotically (comparative)
most neurotically (superlative)