Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expositorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pos-i-to-ri-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an expository fashion.

Example Sentences

"And anyway, he expositorily tells us that he cares about American Indians and even sympathizes, somewhat, with the Sioux insurgency at Little Bighorn — or is that their “resistance”?"

Etymology

From expository + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: expository

Inflected Forms

more expositorily (comparative) most expositorily (superlative)

Questions

What does expositorily mean?: In an expository fashion.
Where does expositorily come from?: From expository + -ly.

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