comprehensively
/kˌɑmpɹɪhˈɛnsɪvli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion.
Example Sentences
- "Ferguson, perhaps recalling how United had been comprehensively outfought in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last season, opted for a side with a more pragmatic look with Phil Jones moved into a midfield role."
- "This study aimed to comprehensively review and analyze existing in vivo animal studies and human clinical trials investigating the effects of meteoropathy on health and its pharmacological treatment."
Etymology
Etymology tree English comprehensive 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 comprehensively From comprehensive + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more comprehensively (comparative)
most comprehensively (superlative)