Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pestilentially

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pesti-len-tial-ly
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.

Example Sentences

"For a conclusion, I shal only point you to some few more spots which appeare here and there in the body of the Gangrene, which plainly shew the very vitals & inward parts of it to be pestilentially infected;"
"[…] folly and prejudice have spread themselves so pestilentially among all ranks and denominations; that any person, who now would endeavour to benefit his country from a praiseworthy principle of integrity […] the patriot would be hooted at for a madman,"
"1917, M. K. Gandhi, “Third Class in Indian Railways,” communication to the press on 25 September, 1917, Bhadarkali-Lahore: Gandhi Publications League, 1917, p. 5, There was a pipe in it [the water closet] but no water, and I say without fear of challenge that it was pestilentially dirty."

Etymology

From pestilential + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pestilential

Inflected Forms

more pestilentially (comparative) most pestilentially (superlative)

Questions

What does pestilentially mean?: In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.
Where does pestilentially come from?: From pestilential + -ly.

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