Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caustically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
caus-ti-cal-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a caustic manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English caustic 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 caustically From caustic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more caustically (comparative) most caustically (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does caustically mean?
In a caustic manner.
Where does caustically come from?
Etymology tree English caustic 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 caustically From caustic + -ally.

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