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perniciously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
per-ni-cious-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a pernicious manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pernicious Middle English -ly English -ly English perniciously From pernicious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more perniciously (comparative) most perniciously (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

perniciousness pernicious

Synonyms

banefully insidiously

Questions

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

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