Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypercorrectly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per-cor-rect-ly
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hypercorrect manner.

Etymology

From hypercorrect + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more hypercorrectly (comparative) most hypercorrectly (superlative)

Questions

What does hypercorrectly mean?
In a hypercorrect manner.
Where does hypercorrectly come from?
From hypercorrect + -ly.

How to pronounce hypercorrectly

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