Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metathetically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meta-thet-i-cal-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.

Example Sentences

"'Che Normah pronounced the name in the Malay manner, metathetically: Ruperet, the final dental initiated but not exploded."

Etymology

From metathetic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: metathetic

Inflected Forms

more metathetically (comparative) most metathetically (superlative)

Questions

What does metathetically mean?: By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.
Where does metathetically come from?: From metathetic + -ally.

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