Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elusively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
elu-sive-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an elusive manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English elusive Middle English -ly English -ly English elusively From elusive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more elusively (comparative) most elusively (superlative)

Questions

What does elusively mean?
In an elusive manner.
Where does elusively come from?
Etymology tree English elusive Middle English -ly English -ly English elusively From elusive + -ly.

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