Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detractively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-trac-tive-ly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a detractive manner.

Etymology

From detractive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more detractively (comparative) most detractively (superlative)

Questions

What does detractively mean?
In a detractive manner.
Where does detractively come from?
From detractive + -ly.

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