Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pivotally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
piv-otal-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a pivotal way.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pivotal Middle English -ly English -ly English pivotally From pivotal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more pivotally (comparative) most pivotally (superlative)

Questions

What does pivotally mean?
In a pivotal way.
Where does pivotally come from?
Etymology tree English pivotal Middle English -ly English -ly English pivotally From pivotal + -ly.

How to pronounce pivotally

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