intelligently
/ˌɪntˈɛlɪdʒəntli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an intelligent manner.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: smartly, cleverly"
- "[…] into the fracas with nonsensical gibberish, pretending to be speaking intelligently in Tigrinya. We had a lot of fun like that. The class also enjoyed learning American phrases. One of their favorites was "Diddly Jack Squat"."
Etymology
Etymology tree English intelligent 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 intelligently From intelligent + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more intelligently (comparative)
most intelligently (superlative)