Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noncommittally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
non-com-mit-tal-ly
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a noncommittal manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English noncommittal 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 noncommittally From noncommittal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more noncommittally (comparative) most noncommittally (superlative) non-committally (alternative) noncommitally (alternative) non-commitally (alternative)

Questions

What does noncommittally mean?
In a noncommittal manner.
Where does noncommittally come from?
Etymology tree English noncommittal 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 noncommittally From noncommittal + -ly.

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