Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

permissibly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
per-mis-si-bly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a permissible manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English permissible Middle English -ly English -ly English permissibly From permissible + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more permissibly (comparative) most permissibly (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does permissibly mean?
In a permissible manner.
Where does permissibly come from?
Etymology tree English permissible Middle English -ly English -ly English permissibly From permissible + -ly.

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