authentically
/ˌɔθˈɛntɪkli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is in the nature of all party systems that the authentically political talents can assert themselves only in rare cases, and it is even rarer that the specifically political qualifications survive the petty maneuvers of party politics with its demands for plain salesmanship."
- "Contrary to popular belief, sushi doesn't have to be served over a bar. A favorite place to get authentically sushified."
- "[…]one genuinely shocking scene when Evelyn fat-shames her daughter – an authentically upsetting moment of family dysfunction that seems to come from another film, one in a parallel universe."
Etymology
Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English authentically From authentic + -ally.
Inflected Forms
more authentically (comparative)
most authentically (superlative)
authentickly (alternative, obsolete)
authenticly (alternative, dated)