Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obligately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: ob-li-gate-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an obligate manner.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: necessarily; mandatorily; imperatively; (sometimes) by nature"

Etymology

Etymology tree English obligate Middle English -ly English -ly English obligately From obligate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more obligately (comparative) most obligately (superlative)

Synonyms

obligatorily necessarily mandatorily imperatively by nature

Questions

What does obligately mean?: In an obligate manner.
Where does obligately come from?: Etymology tree English obligate Middle English -ly English -ly English obligately From obligate + -ly.

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