emotionally
/ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
Example Sentences
- ""For a long time, I thought I'd never live to see this day," he said emotionally. "Thank you all for everything you did in my behalf.""
- "Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?"
- "Physically, it was easy, but emotionally it was the hardest thing I've ever done."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional 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 emotionally From emotional + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈmoʊʃənəli/
- British English: /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
Inflected Forms
more emotionally (comparative)
most emotionally (superlative)