Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hectically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
hec-ti-cal-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hectic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English hectic 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 hectically From hectic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more hectically (comparative) most hectically (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does hectically mean?
In a hectic manner.
Where does hectically come from?
Etymology tree English hectic 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 hectically From hectic + -ally.

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