Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

answerably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-swer-ably
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In suitable proportion; proportionately.

adv

In a corresponding manner; correspondingly.

Example Sentences

"Many of the ships, as they could see by the clear moonshine, had weighed anchor, and, profiting by the calm sky, proceeded for more distant parts; answerably to this, the rude alehouses along the beach (although in defiance of the curfew law, they still shone with fire and candle) were no longer thronged with customers, and no longer echoed to the chorus of sea-songs."

Etymology

From answerable + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: answerable

Inflected Forms

more answerably (comparative) most answerably (superlative)

Questions

What does answerably mean?: In suitable proportion; proportionately.
Where does answerably come from?: From answerable + -ly.

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