Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dominantly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: dom-i-nant-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a dominant manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle French dominantbor. English dominant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dominantly From dominant + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more dominantly (comparative) most dominantly (superlative)

Derived Forms

antidominantly codominantly immunodominantly phenodominantly semidominantly subdominantly

Questions

What does dominantly mean?: In a dominant manner.
Where does dominantly come from?: Etymology tree Middle French dominantbor. English dominant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English dominantly From dominant + -ly.

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