Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

astigmatically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: astig-mat-i-cal-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an astigmatic manner; through or in relation to astigmatism.

Example Sentences

"astigmatically corrected lenses; an astigmatically neutral incision"
"[…] it [the Impressionist movement] set clear-sighted students practising optical distortion, so as to see things myopically and astigmatically;"
"His eyes no sooner focused on the time of trains for Oxford than the letters (white) upon their background (black) had leap-frogged astigmatically across his retina, leaving him in dizzied indecision."

Etymology

From astigmatic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: astigmatic

Inflected Forms

more astigmatically (comparative) most astigmatically (superlative)

Questions

What does astigmatically mean?: In an astigmatic manner; through or in relation to astigmatism.
Where does astigmatically come from?: From astigmatic + -ally.

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