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diminutively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
diminu-tive-ly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a diminutive manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English diminutive Middle English -ly English -ly English diminutively From diminutive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more diminutively (comparative) most diminutively (superlative)

Questions

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

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