Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crucially

/ˈkɹuːʃəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: cru-cial-ly
IPA: /ˈkɹuːʃəli/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a crucial manner.

Example Sentences

"England were again thankful for the brilliance of Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, who has yet to concede a goal in the tournament and saved crucially from Timo Werner and Kai Havertz in each half, while Thomas Muller missed a glorious chance to equalise before Kane struck."

Etymology

Etymology tree English crucial Middle English -ly English -ly English crucially From crucial + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more crucially (comparative) most crucially (superlative)

Questions

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

How to pronounce crucially

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