Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pecuniarily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-cu-niar-i-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a pecuniary manner; in terms of money; financially.

Example Sentences

"She knew of course what he meant—how it had taken his father-in-law's great fortune, and taken no small slice, to surround him with an element in which, all too fatally weighted as he had originally been, he could pecuniarily float...."

Etymology

From pecuniary + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pecuniary

Questions

What does pecuniarily mean?: In a pecuniary manner; in terms of money; financially.
Where does pecuniarily come from?: From pecuniary + -ly.

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