Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discretional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-cre-tion-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"That of their small force, some of the soldiers were superannuated, others invalid; therefore, since the course to be pursued was left discretional, their unanimous advice was, to remain where they were, and fortify themselves as strongly as possible."
"The Admiral, very apprehensive of her falling into the hands of the enemy, sent me with discretional orders to Captain Hood, that, should he not be able to get her off the shoal, he might put his men into the Thames, and burn the Venerable, making the signal at the same time for the Thames to close with the Venerable as soon as possible."

Etymology

From discretion + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: discretion

Inflected Forms

more discretional (comparative) most discretional (superlative)

Derived Forms

discretionality discretionally

Synonyms

discretionary

Questions

What does discretional mean?: discretionary
Where does discretional come from?: From discretion + -al.

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