Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lunatically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-nati-cal-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a lunatic or lunatical manner; crazily.

Example Sentences

"Mr. Darwin saw a dressed-up wooden spoon become lunatically possessed, and dance in the hands of the women holding it."

Etymology

From lunatic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lunatic

Inflected Forms

more lunatically (comparative) most lunatically (superlative)

Questions

What does lunatically mean?: In a lunatic or lunatical manner; crazily.
Where does lunatically come from?: From lunatic + -ally.

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