Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by the minute

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables
by the minute
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Quickly; apace.

Phrases

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Questions

What does by the minute mean?
Quickly; apace.

How to pronounce by the minute

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