congressionally
/kənɡɹˈɛʃənəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
By a congress; often specifically by the United States Congress.
Example Sentences
- "But the 15-member Shadow Wolves unit, part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is recruiting members to reach the congressionally authorized complement of 21."
- "The Bethesda Declaration, signed by 484 NIH staff, directly accused NIH director Jay Bhattacharya of “a failure of your legal duty to use congressionally appropriated funds for critical NIH research. Each day that the NIH continues to disrupt research, your ability to deliver on this duty narrows.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English congressional Middle English -ly English -ly English congressionally From congressional + -ly.