avertedly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an averted manner; turned away.
Example Sentences
- "[…] he was surprised to see Isabel composedly, though avertedly, seated on the bench; the longer and fuller tresses of her now ungleaming hair flung back, and the guitar quietly leaning in the corner."
- "Maybe it was because they were looking down avertedly like that, trying to avoid the sound of the clock."
Etymology
From averted + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more avertedly (comparative)
most avertedly (superlative)