Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypocritically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: hyp-o-crit-i-cal-ly
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a hypocritical manner

Example Sentences

"China is the real threat to security and is hypocritically claiming to uphold U.N. principles of peace, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Sunday in a rebuff to comments by China's top diplomat at the Munich Security Conference."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hypocritical Middle English -ly English -ly English hypocritically From hypocritical + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more hypocritically (comparative) most hypocritically (superlative)

Questions

What does hypocritically mean?: in a hypocritical manner
Where does hypocritically come from?: Etymology tree English hypocritical Middle English -ly English -ly English hypocritically From hypocritical + -ly.

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