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catastrophically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
cat-a-stroph-i-cally
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English catastrophic 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 catastrophically From catastrophic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more catastrophically (comparative) most catastrophically (superlative)

Questions

What does catastrophically mean?
In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously.
Where does catastrophically come from?
Etymology tree English catastrophic 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 catastrophically From catastrophic + -ally.

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