Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contemplatively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
con-tem-pla-tive-ly
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a contemplative manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English contemplative Middle English -ly English -ly English contemplatively From contemplative + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more contemplatively (comparative) most contemplatively (superlative)

Questions

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

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