Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: man-i-cal-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a manic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English manic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English manically From manic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more manically (comparative) most manically (superlative)

Questions

What does manically mean?: In a manic manner.
Where does manically come from?: Etymology tree English manic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English manically From manic + -ally.

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