Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galactically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables
galac-ti-cal-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To a huge degree; immensely.

Etymology

Etymology tree English galactic 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 galactically From galactic + -ally.

Questions

What does galactically mean?
With regard to galaxies, or in a galactic context.
Where does galactically come from?
Etymology tree English galactic 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 galactically From galactic + -ally.

How to pronounce galactically

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