Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optimally

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: op-ti-mal-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an optimal manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus English -al English optimal 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 optimally From optimal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more optimally (comparative) most optimally (superlative)

Derived Forms

supraoptimally

Questions

What does optimally mean?: In an optimal manner.
Where does optimally come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus English -al English optimal 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 optimally From optimal + -ly.

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