Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hortatively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hor-ta-tive-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hortative way.

Etymology

From hortative + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hortatively (comparative) most hortatively (superlative)

Questions

What does hortatively mean?
In a hortative way.
Where does hortatively come from?
From hortative + -ly.

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