classically
/klˈæsɪkli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.
adv
Example Sentences
- "In the derivation of novel no-signaling monogamies, we uncover a new feature, namely that two-party Bell expressions that are trivially classically saturated can become non-trivial upon the addition of an expression involving a third party with a single measurement input."
- "Classically, cases like this can only be solved through painstaking investigation."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English classical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English classically From classical + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more classically (comparative)
most classically (superlative)