constitutionally
/kɑnstəˈtuʃənəli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.
adv
Pertaining to one's fundamental values or mental inclinations.
Example Sentences
- "These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor."
- "The astonishing progress of science had made God quite irrelevant; it had caused human beings to focus so intently on the physical world that they would soon be constitutionally unable to take God seriously."
- "The effect of this filtering of ideas through the convictions of a class which is constitutionally disposed to certain views is by no means confined to the masses."
- "“In our view, on the basis of the public record, former President Donald J. Trump is constitutionally disqualified from again being President (or holding any other covered office) because of his role in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election and the events leading to the January 6 attack,” law professors William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen wrote for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review."
Etymology
Etymology tree English constitutional 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 constitutionally From constitutional + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɑnstəˈtuʃənəli/
- British English: /kɒnstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃənəli/
Inflected Forms
more constitutionally (comparative)
most constitutionally (superlative)