Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

civically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: civi-cal-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a civic manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English civic 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 civically From civic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more civically (comparative) most civically (superlative)

Questions

What does civically mean?: In a civic manner
Where does civically come from?: Etymology tree English civic 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 civically From civic + -ally.

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