Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gnomically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gnom-i-cal-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a gnomic manner.

Example Sentences

""The only thing he could say, rather gnomically, was, 'It'll do very well in Japan.'" - Loach's love of misery, The Week, 1 September 2007, 629, 10."

Etymology

Etymology tree English gnomic 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 gnomically From gnomic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more gnomically (comparative) most gnomically (superlative)

Questions

What does gnomically mean?: In a gnomic manner.
Where does gnomically come from?: Etymology tree English gnomic 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 gnomically From gnomic + -ally.

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