Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contingently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: con-tin-gent-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a contingent manner; without foresight.

Etymology

Etymology tree English contingent 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 contingently From contingent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more contingently (comparative) most contingently (superlative)

Derived Forms

noncontingently

Questions

What does contingently mean?: In a contingent manner; without foresight.
Where does contingently come from?: Etymology tree English contingent 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 contingently From contingent + -ly.

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