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periphrastically

/pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pe-riphrasti-cal-ly
IPA
/pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With circumlocution or periphrasis.

Etymology

Etymology tree English periphrastic 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 periphrastically From periphrastic + -ally.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/
  • British English: /pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/

Inflected Forms

more periphrastically (comparative) most periphrastically (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce periphrastically?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɛɹɪˈfɹæstɪkli/.
What does periphrastically mean?
With circumlocution or periphrasis.
Where does periphrastically come from?
Etymology tree English periphrastic 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 periphrastically From periphrastic + -ally.

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