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maternally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
ma-ter-nal-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a maternal manner; motherly, as a mother.

Etymology

Etymology tree English maternal 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 maternally From maternal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more maternally (comparative) most maternally (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonmaternally

Synonyms

motherwise motherly

Questions

What does maternally mean?
In a maternal manner; motherly, as a mother.
Where does maternally come from?
Etymology tree English maternal 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 maternally From maternal + -ly.

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