Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magnificently

/mæɡˈnɪfɪsəntli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: mag-nif-i-cent-ly
IPA: /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəntli/

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a magnificent manner.

Example Sentences

"I never saw a more splendid scene: the ladies were magnificently dressed; most of them—at least most of the younger ones—looked handsome; but Miss Ingram was certainly the queen."
"He was remarkably good-looking from the very onset of his manhood and without being in any way a showy spendthrift, was quite magnificently extravagant."
"The country as I saw it from the train was magnificently green, and after Shiukwan it became seriously mountainous, so that the brave new railway wound precariously up the river-banks."

Etymology

From Middle English magnyficently; equivalent to magnificent + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: magnyficently
Suffix: magnificent

Inflected Forms

more magnificently (comparative) most magnificently (superlative)

Synonyms

excellently splendidly famously gorgeously resplendently

Questions

How do you pronounce magnificently?: The recorded pronunciation is /mæɡˈnɪfɪsəntli/.
What does magnificently mean?: In a magnificent manner.
Where does magnificently come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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