Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extraordinarily

/ɛkstɹˌɔɹdənˈɛɹəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: ex-traor-di-nar-i-ly
IPA: /ɛkstɹˌɔɹdənˈɛɹəli/

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an extraordinary manner.

Example Sentences

"All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place."
"With such a skewed probability, the quantum reasoning goes, we have long overlooked the tiny chance that the baseball can (and, on extraordinarily rare occasions, will) land somewhere completely different."

Etymology

Etymology tree English extraordinary Middle English -ly English -ly English extraordinarily From extraordinary + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more extraordinarily (comparative) most extraordinarily (superlative)

Derived Forms

superextraordinarily

Synonyms

inordinately

Rhymes With

necessarily primarily temporarily voluntarily ordinarily momentarily militarily merrily customarily secondarily warily wearily

Questions

How do you pronounce extraordinarily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛkstɹˌɔɹdənˈɛɹəli/.
What does extraordinarily mean?: In an extraordinary manner.
Where does extraordinarily come from?: Etymology tree English extraordinary Middle English -ly English -ly English extraordinarily From extraordinary + -ly.

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