Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inquisitively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: in-quis-i-tive-ly
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an inquisitive manner; curiously.

Etymology

Etymology tree English inquisitive Middle English -ly English -ly English inquisitively From inquisitive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more inquisitively (comparative) most inquisitively (superlative)

Synonyms

curiously interrogatively

Questions

What does inquisitively mean?: In an inquisitive manner; curiously.
Where does inquisitively come from?: Etymology tree English inquisitive Middle English -ly English -ly English inquisitively From inquisitive + -ly.

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