Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decussately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-cus-sate-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a decussate manner.

Etymology

From decussate + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more decussately (comparative) most decussately (superlative)

Questions

What does decussately mean?
In a decussate manner.
Where does decussately come from?
From decussate + -ly.

How to pronounce decussately

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