Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discontinuously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: dis-con-tin-u-ous-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a discontinuous manner; not continuously.

Etymology

Etymology tree English discontinuous Middle English -ly English -ly English discontinuously From discontinuous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more discontinuously (comparative) most discontinuously (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

flakily irregularly jerkily unreliably unsteadily

Synonyms

intermittently fitfully discontinuously in fits and starts patchily spasmodically sporadically

Antonyms

continuously

Questions

What does discontinuously mean?: In a discontinuous manner; not continuously.
Where does discontinuously come from?: Etymology tree English discontinuous Middle English -ly English -ly English discontinuously From discontinuous + -ly.

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