Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandatorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
manda-to-ri-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English mandatory 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 mandatorily From mandatory + -ly.

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Questions

What does mandatorily mean?
In a mandatory manner; not optionally; required.
Where does mandatorily come from?
Etymology tree English mandatory 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 mandatorily From mandatory + -ly.

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