Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extrinsically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
ex-trin-si-cal-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an extrinsic manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English extrinsic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English extrinsically From extrinsic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more extrinsically (comparative) most extrinsically (superlative)

Questions

What does extrinsically mean?
In an extrinsic manner
Where does extrinsically come from?
Etymology tree English extrinsic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English extrinsically From extrinsic + -ally.

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