Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metallically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metal-li-cal-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a metallic manner.

Example Sentences

"The stone clanged metallically as it dropped into the bucket."

Etymology

Etymology tree English metallic 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 metallically From metallic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more metallically (comparative) most metallically (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

metallic

Questions

What does metallically mean?: In a metallic manner.
Where does metallically come from?: Etymology tree English metallic 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 metallically From metallic + -ally.

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