Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bombastically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables
bom-bas-ti-cal-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a bombastic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English bombastic 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 bombastically From bombastic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more bombastically (comparative) most bombastically (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does bombastically mean?
In a bombastic manner.
Where does bombastically come from?
Etymology tree English bombastic 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 bombastically From bombastic + -ally.

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