Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capaciously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ca-pa-cious-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a capacious manner.

Example Sentences

"But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English capacious Middle English -ly English -ly English capaciously From capacious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more capaciously (comparative) most capaciously (superlative)

Questions

What does capaciously mean?: In a capacious manner.
Where does capaciously come from?: Etymology tree English capacious Middle English -ly English -ly English capaciously From capacious + -ly.

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