Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perspectively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-spec-tive-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By means of perspective; in perspective.

Example Sentences

"Once into the 1990s, thinly drawn egg- and pill-shaped ovals appear everywhere, leaning together, like Modigliani heads or plates seen perspectively in a cupboard."

Etymology

From perspective + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: perspective

Questions

What does perspectively mean?: By means of perspective; in perspective.
Where does perspectively come from?: From perspective + -ly.

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