Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perpendicularly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
per-pen-dic-u-lar-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a perpendicular manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English perpendicular Middle English -ly English -ly English perpendicularly From perpendicular + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more perpendicularly (comparative) most perpendicularly (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

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

How to pronounce perpendicularly

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