Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impotently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: im-po-tent-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an impotent manner.

Example Sentences

"Yet in every such instance—and there are scores of them—the Justices can do nothing but impotently point toward future action after Yessing or Noing past action by men in a position to act."

Etymology

Etymology tree English impotent Middle English -ly English -ly English impotently From impotent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more impotently (comparative) most impotently (superlative)

Synonyms

helplessly

Questions

What does impotently mean?: In an impotent manner.
Where does impotently come from?: Etymology tree English impotent Middle English -ly English -ly English impotently From impotent + -ly.

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