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ornately

/ɔɹnˈeɪtli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
or-nate-ly
IPA
/ɔɹnˈeɪtli/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an ornate manner.

Etymology

From Middle English ornatly; equivalent to ornate + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ornately (comparative) most ornately (superlative)

Rhymes With

lately greatly stately innately gately sedately

Questions

How do you pronounce ornately?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɔɹnˈeɪtli/.
What does ornately mean?
In an ornate manner.
Where does ornately come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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