Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ineffectually

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
in-ef-fec-tu-al-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an ineffectual manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English ineffectual Middle English -ly English -ly English ineffectually From ineffectual + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more ineffectually (comparative) most ineffectually (superlative)

Questions

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

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