Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melancholically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: melan-choli-cal-ly
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a melancholic manner.

Example Sentences

"I take the knife and slit the smaller stems free, leaving the stigma alone, dancing melancholically in the wake of my blade."

Etymology

From melancholic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: melancholic

Inflected Forms

more melancholically (comparative) most melancholically (superlative)

Questions

What does melancholically mean?: In a melancholic manner.
Where does melancholically come from?: From melancholic + -ally.

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