cumulatively
/kjˈumjələtˌɪvli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a cumulative manner.
Example Sentences
- "Rather, the object is to consider them cumulatively in order to obtain an overall picture of the lexicography of Indian English."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin cumulātusbor. English cumulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English cumulative 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 cumulatively From cumulative + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more cumulatively (comparative)
most cumulatively (superlative)