Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diplomatically

/ˌdɪ.pləˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables: diplo-mat-i-cal-ly
IPA: /ˌdɪ.pləˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a diplomatic manner.

adv

From the perspective of diplomacy

Example Sentences

"He dealt with the problem very diplomatically"
"Frito smiled diplomatically, but was suddenly stricken by a severe stomachache."
"Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea."

Etymology

From diplomatic + -ally or diplomatical + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: diplomatic, diplomatical

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdɪ.pləˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/

Inflected Forms

more diplomatically (comparative) most diplomatically (superlative)

Rhymes With

automatically dramatically systematically democratically emphatically thematically erratically ecstatically dogmatically undiplomatically

Questions

How do you pronounce diplomatically?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪ.pləˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/.
What does diplomatically mean?: In a diplomatic manner.
Where does diplomatically come from?: From diplomatic + -ally or diplomatical + -ly.

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