Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infernally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: in-fer-nal-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an infernal manner.

adv

To a great degree; terribly.

Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"He's so infernally stingy!"

Etymology

Etymology tree English infernal Middle English -ly English -ly English infernally From infernal + -ly.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more infernally (comparative) most infernally (superlative)

Synonyms

hellishly

Questions

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

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