Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epileptically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epilep-ti-cal-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an epileptic manner; with, or as if with, epilepsy.

Example Sentences

"On that Wednesday night, I'd turned up to find a new neon sign installed over the door of Bromley Super Kebab, epileptically blaring the name in flashes of pink light across the High Street."

Etymology

From epileptic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: epileptic

Inflected Forms

more epileptically (comparative) most epileptically (superlative)

Questions

What does epileptically mean?: In an epileptic manner; with, or as if with, epilepsy.
Where does epileptically come from?: From epileptic + -ally.

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