Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prophylactically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: pro-phy-lac-ti-cal-ly
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Example Sentences

"“I can’t imagine that you would be treating people prophylactically yet,” said Dr. Timothy J. Gardner, the president of the American Heart Association ."

Etymology

From prophylactic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: prophylactic

Inflected Forms

more prophylactically (comparative) most prophylactically (superlative)

Questions

What does prophylactically mean?: Preventively.
Where does prophylactically come from?: From prophylactic + -ally.

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