Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detrimentally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
detri-men-tal-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a detrimental manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English detrimental Middle English -ly English -ly English detrimentally From detrimental + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more detrimentally (comparative) most detrimentally (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does detrimentally mean?
In a detrimental manner.
Where does detrimentally come from?
Etymology tree English detrimental Middle English -ly English -ly English detrimentally From detrimental + -ly.

How to pronounce detrimentally

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