Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contiguously

/kənˈtɪɡjuəsli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables: con-tig-u-ous-ly
IPA: /kənˈtɪɡjuəsli/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a contiguous manner.

Example Sentences

"The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840."

Etymology

Etymology tree English contiguous 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 contiguously From contiguous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more contiguously (comparative) most contiguously (superlative)

Derived Forms

discontiguously

Questions

How do you pronounce contiguously?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈtɪɡjuəsli/.
What does contiguously mean?: In a contiguous manner.
Where does contiguously come from?: Etymology tree English contiguous 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 contiguously From contiguous + -ly.

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