democratically
/ˌdɛməˈkɹætəkli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.
Example Sentences
- "a democratically elected leader"
- "[T]hey ſee that they vvere not ſummoned ariſtocratically to a ſenate houſe of lords and great States, but invited democratically and after a popular manner to ſupper, vvhere the pooreſt may take his place vvith the richeſt, like as in the ſtate of a citie and common-vvealth, called Democratie."
- "Nor are thoſe Provinces vvhich are in ſubjection to a Democracie, or Ariſtocracie of another Common-vvealth, Democratically, or Ariſtocratically governed, but Monarchically."
- "He was not happy in the social changes of thirty years. Three decades ago, Dr. Westlake, Julius Flickerbaugh the lawyer, Merriman Peedy the Congregational pastor and himself had been the arbiters. That was as it should be; the fine arts—medicine, law, religion, and finance—recognized as aristocratic: four Yankees democratically chatting with but ruling the Ohioans and Illini and Swedes and Germans who had ventured to follow them."
Etymology
Partly from democratical + -ly (suffix forming adverbs), and from democratic + -ally (variant of -ly), modelled after Middle French democratiquement (modern French démocratiquement).
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: democratical, democratic
- Root: *deh₂-
- Suffix: -ly, -ally
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdɛməˈkɹætəkli/
- British English: /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪkli/
Inflected Forms
more democratically (comparative)
most democratically (superlative)