Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

derivatively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: deriva-tive-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a derivative fashion

Example Sentences

"The pleasures of food and sex are compared […] in much the same way, derivatively enough, that Bunny equates the two in John Guare's House of Blue Leaves."

Etymology

Etymology tree English derivative Middle English -ly English -ly English derivatively From derivative + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more derivatively (comparative) most derivatively (superlative)

Questions

What does derivatively mean?: In a derivative fashion
Where does derivatively come from?: Etymology tree English derivative Middle English -ly English -ly English derivatively From derivative + -ly.

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