Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

efferently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ef-fer-ent-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Outwardly, away from the center.

Etymology

Etymology tree English efferent Middle English -ly English -ly English efferently From efferent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more efferently (comparative) most efferently (superlative)

Antonyms

afferently

Questions

What does efferently mean?: Outwardly, away from the center.
Where does efferently come from?: Etymology tree English efferent Middle English -ly English -ly English efferently From efferent + -ly.

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