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parentally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
parental-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a parental manner, like a parent.

Etymology

Etymology tree English parental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English parentally From parental + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more parentally (comparative) most parentally (superlative)

Derived Forms

diparentally

Phrases

parentally challenged

Questions

What does parentally mean?
In a parental manner, like a parent.
Where does parentally come from?
Etymology tree English parental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English parentally From parental + -ly.

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