expectedly
/ɪkˈspɛktɪdli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an expected way; as expected; predictably.
Example Sentences
- "More expectedly (and successfully), the Royal Shakespeare Company offers up a “Richard III” that speaks to contemporary fears of the hatreds that breed fascism, with the eponymous crookback played (by the rising young actor Jonathan Slinger) as a festering skinhead who addresses the audience with the complicity of a caveman comic."
Etymology
From expected + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪkˈspɛktɪdli/
Inflected Forms
more expectedly (comparative)
most expectedly (superlative)