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potently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
po-tent-ly
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a potent manner; powerfully.

Etymology

Etymology tree English potent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English potently From potent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more potently (comparative) most potently (superlative)

Derived Forms

pluripotently

Synonyms

powerfully

Questions

What does potently mean?
In a potent manner; powerfully.
Where does potently come from?
Etymology tree English potent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English potently From potent + -ly.

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