Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

explanatorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-plana-to-ri-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With regard to explanation, or explanatory power.

Example Sentences

"If they were, we would have a theory just as explanatorily bankrupt as disjunctivism."
"In saying that a reality is metaphysically ultimate, we say that its existence is explanatorily the most basic fact, that it is deepest, most fundamental in the nature of things; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English explanatory Middle English -ly English -ly English explanatorily From explanatory + -ly.

Questions

What does explanatorily mean?: With regard to explanation, or explanatory power.
Where does explanatorily come from?: Etymology tree English explanatory Middle English -ly English -ly English explanatorily From explanatory + -ly.

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