Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

materially

/mətˈɪɹiəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: ma-te-ri-al-ly
IPA: /mətˈɪɹiəli/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.

adv

To a significant degree.

Example Sentences

"Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives."
"In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress."

Etymology

From Middle English materialy; equivalent to material + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: materialy

Inflected Forms

more materially (comparative) most materially (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce materially?: The recorded pronunciation is /mətˈɪɹiəli/.
What does materially mean?: In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
Where does materially come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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