Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lingually

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: lin-gual-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Towards, or in relation to, the tongue.

adv

In a lingual manner, relating to language or linguistics.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual 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 lingually From lingual + -ly.

Derived Forms

anterolingually laterolingually mesiolingually vestibulolingually

Synonyms

linguistically

Questions

What does lingually mean?: Towards, or in relation to, the tongue.
Where does lingually come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual 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 lingually From lingual + -ly.

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