Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forensically

/fɚˈɛnsɪkli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: foren-si-cal-ly
IPA: /fɚˈɛnsɪkli/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a forensic manner.

adv

Regarding forensics, or forensic science.

Example Sentences

"He banged his fist forensically on the top of a dinner-wagon."
"a forensically thorough search"

Etymology

Etymology tree English forensic 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 forensically From forensic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more forensically (comparative) most forensically (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce forensically?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɚˈɛnsɪkli/.
What does forensically mean?: In a forensic manner.
Where does forensically come from?: Etymology tree English forensic 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 forensically From forensic + -ally.

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