Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paternalistically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
pa-ter-nal-is-ti-cal-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a paternalistic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English paternalistic 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 paternalistically From paternalistic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more paternalistically (comparative) most paternalistically (superlative)

Questions

What does paternalistically mean?
In a paternalistic manner.
Where does paternalistically come from?
Etymology tree English paternalistic 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 paternalistically From paternalistic + -ally.

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