Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dextrally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dex-tral-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Towards the right.

Example Sentences

"The hands of a watch rotate dextrally."
"rotate it on its axis inward, i.e., sinistrally for the right eye and dextrally for the left"

Etymology

From dextral + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dextral

Inflected Forms

more dextrally (comparative) most dextrally (superlative)

Questions

What does dextrally mean?: Towards the right.
Where does dextrally come from?: From dextral + -ly.

How to pronounce dextrally

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