Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antagonistically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
an-tag-o-nis-ti-cal-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an antagonistic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English antagonistic 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 antagonistically From antagonistic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more antagonistically (comparative) most antagonistically (superlative)

Questions

What does antagonistically mean?
In an antagonistic manner.
Where does antagonistically come from?
Etymology tree English antagonistic 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 antagonistically From antagonistic + -ally.

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