simultaneously
/ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The cradle-rocking and the song would cease simultaneously for a moment, and an exclamation at highest vocal pitch would take the place of the melody."
- "Numa was about to charge—there was little time in which to compare various methods or weigh the probable results of any. And then a number of things happened, almost simultaneously—the lion sprang from his ambush toward the retreating black—Tarzan cried out in warning—and the black turned just in time to see Numa halted in mid-flight by a slender strand of grass rope, the noosed end of which had fallen cleanly about his neck."
- "The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance."
- "Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements."
- "In Goblet of Fire, Harry jinxes Vincent Crabbe while George Weasley simultaneously hits him with a Jelly-Legs Jinx."
Etymology
Etymology tree English simultaneous 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 simultaneously From simultaneous + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
- British English: /ˌsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/