Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distractedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tract-ed-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a distracted manner.

Example Sentences

"[S]he flaps distractedly past us in a splather of muddy spume."
"Bradly had laid out rice, potatoes, tomatoes and cheese, and was juggling distractedly among these matters."

Etymology

Etymology tree English distracted Middle English -ly English -ly English distractedly From distracted + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more distractedly (comparative) most distractedly (superlative)

Questions

What does distractedly mean?: In a distracted manner.
Where does distractedly come from?: Etymology tree English distracted Middle English -ly English -ly English distractedly From distracted + -ly.

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