monumentally
/mɒnjʊˈmɛntəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
To a monumental extent; very greatly.
Example Sentences
- "Climbing this mountain naked was a monumentally stupid idea!"
- "Einstein made some monumentally important scientific discoveries."
Etymology
Etymology tree English monumental Middle English -ly English -ly English monumentally From monumental + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /mɒnjʊˈmɛntəli/
Inflected Forms
more monumentally (comparative)
most monumentally (superlative)