Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nautically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
nau-ti-cal-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a nautical manner

Etymology

Etymology tree English nautic 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 nautically From nautic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more nautically (comparative) most nautically (superlative)

Questions

What does nautically mean?
in a nautical manner
Where does nautically come from?
Etymology tree English nautic 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 nautically From nautic + -ally.

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