Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

idiotically

/ˌɪ.diˈɒ.tɪk.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: id-i-ot-i-cal-ly
IPA: /ˌɪ.diˈɒ.tɪk.li/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an idiotic manner.

Example Sentences

"The agents, particularly a woman named Betty (Lynne Cormack), gush idiotically about what great potential Robin has, and dream of revamping his act so antiseptically that they can bill him as "Canada's Comic Illusionist," instead of the specialty performer that he clearly is."

Etymology

Etymology tree English idiotic 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 idiotically From idiotic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more idiotically (comparative) most idiotically (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce idiotically?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪ.diˈɒ.tɪk.li/.
What does idiotically mean?: In an idiotic manner.
Where does idiotically come from?: Etymology tree English idiotic 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 idiotically From idiotic + -ally.

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