Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heuristically

/hjuˈɹɪstɪkəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
heu-ris-ti-cal-ly
IPA
/hjuˈɹɪstɪkəli/
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a heuristic manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English heuristic 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 heuristically From heuristic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more heuristically (comparative) most heuristically (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce heuristically?
The recorded pronunciation is /hjuˈɹɪstɪkəli/.
What does heuristically mean?
in a heuristic manner
Where does heuristically come from?
Etymology tree English heuristic 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 heuristically From heuristic + -ally.

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