Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predictively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: pre-dic-tive-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the manner of something that attempts to or succeeds in predicting, anticipating or expecting.

Example Sentences

"The computer program predictively scheduled the number of employees we'd need each day of the year based on past workloads."

Etymology

Etymology tree English predictive Middle English -ly English -ly English predictively From predictive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more predictively (comparative) most predictively (superlative)

Questions

What does predictively mean?: In the manner of something that attempts to or succeeds in predicting, anticipating or expecting.
Where does predictively come from?: Etymology tree English predictive Middle English -ly English -ly English predictively From predictive + -ly.

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