Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aesthetically

/ɛsθˈɛtɪkli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: aes-thet-i-cal-ly
IPA: /ɛsθˈɛtɪkli/

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.

Example Sentences

"Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game."
"According to TikTok, where the trend has more than 30 million views, girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal.[…]”"

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English aesthetically From aesthetic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more aesthetically (comparative) most aesthetically (superlative) æsthetically (alternative) esthetically (alternative)

Synonyms

esthetically

Homonyms

esthetically

Rhymes With

genetically alphabetically hypothetically energetically phonetically poetically athletically synthetically cosmetically esthetically

Questions

How do you pronounce aesthetically?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛsθˈɛtɪkli/.
What does aesthetically mean?: In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
Where does aesthetically come from?: Etymology tree Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English aesthetically From aesthetic + -ally.

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