Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prodigally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: prodi-gal-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a prodigal manner; extravagantly or wastefully.

Etymology

Etymology tree English prodigal Middle English -ly English -ly English prodigally From prodigal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more prodigally (comparative) most prodigally (superlative)

Synonyms

wastefully

Questions

What does prodigally mean?: In a prodigal manner; extravagantly or wastefully.
Where does prodigally come from?: Etymology tree English prodigal Middle English -ly English -ly English prodigally From prodigal + -ly.

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