Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detersively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-ter-sive-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

so as to cleanse.

Etymology

From detersive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more detersively (comparative) most detersively (superlative)

Questions

What does detersively mean?
so as to cleanse.
Where does detersively come from?
From detersive + -ly.

How to pronounce detersively

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