Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cardinally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-di-nal-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cardinal manner; fundamentally.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cardinālisder. Middle French cardinalbor. English cardinal Middle English -ly English -ly English cardinally From cardinal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more cardinally (comparative) most cardinally (superlative)

Questions

What does cardinally mean?: In a cardinal manner; fundamentally.
Where does cardinally come from?: Etymology tree Latin cardinālisder. Middle French cardinalbor. English cardinal Middle English -ly English -ly English cardinally From cardinal + -ly.

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