Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presumptuously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: pre-sump-tu-ous-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English presumptuous Middle English -ly English -ly English presumptuously From presumptuous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more presumptuously (comparative) most presumptuously (superlative)

Questions

What does presumptuously mean?: In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.
Where does presumptuously come from?: Etymology tree English presumptuous Middle English -ly English -ly English presumptuously From presumptuous + -ly.

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