Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compactly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
com-pact-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a compact manner

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English compact Middle English -ly English -ly English compactly From compact + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more compactly (comparative) most compactly (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does compactly mean?
In a compact manner
Where does compactly come from?
Etymology tree English compact Middle English -ly English -ly English compactly From compact + -ly.

How to pronounce compactly

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