Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inoffensively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: in-of-fen-sive-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an inoffensive manner.

Example Sentences

"Greatorex, just arrived for the day, and diffusing an atmosphere of easy competence and inoffensively general familiarity, put his head in at the door."

Etymology

Etymology tree English inoffensive Middle English -ly English -ly English inoffensively From inoffensive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more inoffensively (comparative) most inoffensively (superlative)

Questions

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

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