Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

helically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: he-li-cal-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a helical manner, spirally.

Etymology

Etymology tree English helical 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 helically From helical + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more helically (comparative) most helically (superlative)

Derived Forms

interhelically isohelically

Questions

What does helically mean?: In a helical manner, spirally.
Where does helically come from?: Etymology tree English helical 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 helically From helical + -ly.

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