Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meteorically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: me-te-or-i-cal-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a meteoric manner.

Example Sentences

"The students, at least, swore by his name, and Fettes believed himself, and was believed by others, to have laid the foundations of success when he had acquired the favour of this meteorically famous man."

Etymology

Etymology tree English meteoric 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 meteorically From meteoric + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more meteorically (comparative) most meteorically (superlative)

Questions

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

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