Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catholically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
catholi-cal-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a catholic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Catholic 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 Catholically From Catholic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Catholically (comparative) most Catholically (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does catholically mean?
In a Catholic manner; in terms of Catholicism.
Where does catholically come from?
Etymology tree English Catholic 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 Catholically From Catholic + -ally.

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