Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inferiorly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: in-fe-ri-or-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an inferior manner.

adv

In an inferior direction.

Etymology

Etymology tree English inferior Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English inferiorly From inferior + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more inferiorly (comparative) most inferiorly (superlative) inferiourly (alternative)

Derived Forms

anteroinferiorly

Synonyms

inferiorly

Antonyms

superiorly

Questions

What does inferiorly mean?: In an inferior manner.
Where does inferiorly come from?: Etymology tree English inferior Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English inferiorly From inferior + -ly.

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