Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nostalgically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: nos-tal-gi-cal-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a nostalgic manner.

Example Sentences

"Nostalgically, Bill Feingold intones the excruciating litany. “Having your tongue torn out, and your throat cut across,” he rumbles, recalling words memorized on a New York City rooftop 38 years ago."

Etymology

Etymology tree English nostalgic 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 nostalgically From nostalgic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more nostalgically (comparative) most nostalgically (superlative)

Questions

What does nostalgically mean?: In a nostalgic manner.
Where does nostalgically come from?: Etymology tree English nostalgic 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 nostalgically From nostalgic + -ally.

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