Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opportunistically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: op-por-tunis-ti-cal-ly
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an opportunistic manner.

Example Sentences

"Guided by the Earth’s magnetic field, starlight and other biocompasses that scientists have yet to fully divine, the birds wheel over land and sea, alighting opportunistically en route to rest, preen and refuel."

Etymology

Etymology tree English opportunistic 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 opportunistically From opportunistic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more opportunistically (comparative) most opportunistically (superlative)

Questions

What does opportunistically mean?: In an opportunistic manner.
Where does opportunistically come from?: Etymology tree English opportunistic 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 opportunistically From opportunistic + -ally.

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