Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illustratively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
il-lus-tra-tive-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an illustrative manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English illustrative Middle English -ly English -ly English illustratively From illustrative + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more illustratively (comparative) most illustratively (superlative)

Questions

What does illustratively mean?
In an illustrative manner.
Where does illustratively come from?
Etymology tree English illustrative Middle English -ly English -ly English illustratively From illustrative + -ly.

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