Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optatively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
op-ta-tive-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an optative way.

Etymology

From optative + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does optatively mean?
In an optative way.
Where does optatively come from?
From optative + -ly.

How to pronounce optatively

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