Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ambitiously

[ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: am-bi-tious-ly
IPA: [ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li]

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an ambitious manner.

Example Sentences

"by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value"
"Many of New York's most celebrated personalities hitch-hiked here, or rode the rails from wherever it was that they spent their youth dreaming ambitiously."
"The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ambitious Middle English -ly English -ly English ambitiously From ambitious + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: [ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li]

Inflected Forms

more ambitiously (comparative) most ambitiously (superlative)

Synonyms

determinedly

Rhymes With

suspiciously viciously surreptitiously expeditiously

Questions

How do you pronounce ambitiously?: The recorded pronunciation is [ɛəːmˈbɪʃəs.li].
What does ambitiously mean?: In an ambitious manner.
Where does ambitiously come from?: Etymology tree English ambitious Middle English -ly English -ly English ambitiously From ambitious + -ly.

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