Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cataclysmically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: cat-a-clysmi-cal-ly
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a cataclysmic way.

Example Sentences

"As the dust settles on the Supreme Court’s cataclysmically destabilizing term, a very persistent question has bubbled up among the law professor commentariat: How the hell are we going to teach all this?"

Etymology

Etymology tree English cataclysmic 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 cataclysmically From cataclysmic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more cataclysmically (comparative) most cataclysmically (superlative)

Questions

What does cataclysmically mean?: In a cataclysmic way.
Where does cataclysmically come from?: Etymology tree English cataclysmic 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 cataclysmically From cataclysmic + -ally.

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