Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diurnally

/daɪˈɝnəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: di-ur-nal-ly
IPA: /daɪˈɝnəli/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By daylight; in the daytime.

adv

Habitually during the day; every daytime.

adv

On a 24-hour period, a frequency of once per 24 hours; daily.

Example Sentences

"Sparrows are most active diurnally."
"These flowers open and close diurnally."
"Although the 1-D RCM can predict only horizontally, diurnally, and seasonally averaged conditions, it is capable of estimating the first-order climate responses of the atmosphere, which is our intention in this study."
"A recent wavelet analysis of the turbidity data showed clear periodicities of turbidity in the three Pilbara datasets during both the baseline and dredge phases of the studies (Stark, unublished data) peaking semidiurnally associated with tides, diurnally associated with daily sea breezes and sometimes fortnightly associated with spring-neap cycles."

Etymology

Etymology tree English diurnal Middle English -ly English -ly English diurnally From diurnal + -ly.

Synonyms

circadianly

Antonyms

at night nocturnally

Rhymes With

internally externally eternally

Questions

How do you pronounce diurnally?: The recorded pronunciation is /daɪˈɝnəli/.
What does diurnally mean?: By daylight; in the daytime.
Where does diurnally come from?: Etymology tree English diurnal Middle English -ly English -ly English diurnally From diurnal + -ly.

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