Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intractably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: in-tractably
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an intractable manner; uncontrollably; unmanageably.

Etymology

Etymology tree English intractable Middle English -ly English -ly English intractably From intractable + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more intractably (comparative) most intractably (superlative)

Questions

What does intractably mean?: In an intractable manner; uncontrollably; unmanageably.
Where does intractably come from?: Etymology tree English intractable Middle English -ly English -ly English intractably From intractable + -ly.

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