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cretaceously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cre-ta-ceous-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a chalky manner; as or like chalk.

Etymology

From cretaceous + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more cretaceously (comparative) most cretaceously (superlative)

Questions

What does cretaceously mean?
In a chalky manner; as or like chalk.
Where does cretaceously come from?
From cretaceous + -ly.

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