Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contumaciously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tu-ma-cious-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a contumacious manner.

Example Sentences

"The Curate of Lobourne sent in a report that Master Richard's lessons were contumaciously disregarded …"

Etymology

Etymology tree English contumacious Middle English -ly English -ly English contumaciously From contumacious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more contumaciously (comparative) most contumaciously (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

contumacious contumaciousness contumacy contumely

Synonyms

rebelliously defiantly

Questions

What does contumaciously mean?: In a contumacious manner.
Where does contumaciously come from?: Etymology tree English contumacious Middle English -ly English -ly English contumaciously From contumacious + -ly.

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