Speakur

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obligatorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
obli-ga-to-ri-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an obligatory manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English obligatory Middle English -ly English -ly English obligatorily From obligatory + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more obligatorily (comparative) most obligatorily (superlative)

Synonyms

obligately necessarily mandatorily imperatively by nature compulsorily

Questions

What does obligatorily mean?
In an obligatory manner.
Where does obligatorily come from?
Etymology tree English obligatory Middle English -ly English -ly English obligatorily From obligatory + -ly.

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