Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

momentously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mo-men-tous-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a momentous manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English momentous Middle English -ly English -ly English momentously From momentous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more momentously (comparative) most momentously (superlative)

Questions

What does momentously mean?
In a momentous manner.
Where does momentously come from?
Etymology tree English momentous Middle English -ly English -ly English momentously From momentous + -ly.

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