Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

determinately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: de-ter-mi-nate-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that is determinate

Example Sentences

"If ‘aardvark lover’ has that syntactic structure, then it determinately means “lover of aardvarks."

Etymology

Etymology tree English determinate Middle English -ly English -ly English determinately From determinate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more determinately (comparative) most determinately (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

determinate determinacy determinateness

Questions

What does determinately mean?: In a way that is determinate
Where does determinately come from?: Etymology tree English determinate Middle English -ly English -ly English determinately From determinate + -ly.

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