Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

egoistically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ego-is-ti-cal-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in an egoistic manner

Example Sentences

"He was going to ask her to marry him—indeed, he had intended to ask her without more delay. But the words were not spoken yet; instead, he found himself talking egoistically on and on."

Etymology

Etymology tree English egoistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English egoistically From egoistic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more egoistically (comparative) most egoistically (superlative)

Questions

What does egoistically mean?: in an egoistic manner
Where does egoistically come from?: Etymology tree English egoistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English egoistically From egoistic + -ally.

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