Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deficiently

/dɪˈfɪʃəntli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-fi-cient-ly
IPA
/dɪˈfɪʃəntli/
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a deficient manner.

Etymology

From deficient + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /dɪˈfɪʃəntli/

Inflected Forms

more deficiently (comparative) most deficiently (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce deficiently?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈfɪʃəntli/.
What does deficiently mean?
In a deficient manner.
Where does deficiently come from?
From deficient + -ly.

How to pronounce deficiently

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