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modally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
modal-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a modal manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English modal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English modally From modal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more modally (comparative) most modally (superlative)

Derived Forms

amodally

Questions

What does modally mean?
In a modal manner.
Where does modally come from?
Etymology tree English modal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English modally From modal + -ly.

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