Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meaningfully

/mˈinɪŋfəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: mean-ing-ful-ly
IPA: /mˈinɪŋfəli/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a meaningful or significant manner.

Example Sentences

"Because of this, SSDs are one of the first technologies to meaningfully demonstrate just what synesthesia – or at least one kind of it – might feel like to those who have never had it."

Etymology

Etymology tree English meaningful Middle English -ly English -ly English meaningfully From meaningful + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more meaningfully (comparative) most meaningfully (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce meaningfully?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈinɪŋfəli/.
What does meaningfully mean?: In a meaningful or significant manner.
Where does meaningfully come from?: Etymology tree English meaningful Middle English -ly English -ly English meaningfully From meaningful + -ly.

How to pronounce meaningfully

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