Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

idiomatically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: id-iomat-i-cal-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an idiomatic manner.

adv

With regard to idiomaticness; as analyzed with idiomatic meaning taken into account.

Etymology

Etymology tree English idiomatic 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 idiomatically From idiomatic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more idiomatically (comparative) most idiomatically (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

figuratively literally etymonically

Questions

What does idiomatically mean?: In an idiomatic manner.
Where does idiomatically come from?: Etymology tree English idiomatic 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 idiomatically From idiomatic + -ally.

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