Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geologically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: ge-o-log-i-cal-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

As part of a geologic process.

adv

Concerning geology.

Example Sentences

"The El Dorado-Searchlight area is geologically a north-south trending orogenous zone, paralleled on the east by the valley of the Colorado, and by an alluvial valley on the west."

Etymology

Etymology tree English geological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English geologically From geological + -ly.

Derived Forms

hydrogeologically

Questions

What does geologically mean?: As part of a geologic process.
Where does geologically come from?: Etymology tree English geological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English geologically From geological + -ly.

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