Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

digressively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: di-gres-sive-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a digressive fashion.

Example Sentences

"In The Perfumed Garden, Nefzawi digressively but interestingly discusses, in great and curious detail, the amorous activities of animals."

Etymology

From digressive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: digressive

Inflected Forms

more digressively (comparative) most digressively (superlative)

Questions

What does digressively mean?: In a digressive fashion.
Where does digressively come from?: From digressive + -ly.

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