Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proximally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
prox-i-mal-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Immediately; most directly

adv

In the proximal direction: reverse of distally

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos Latin proximus English -al English proximal 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 proximally From proximal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more proximally (comparative) most proximally (superlative)

Derived Forms

anteroproximally dorsoproximally posteroproximally

Frequently Paired Words

proximal proximality

Questions

What does proximally mean?
Immediately; most directly
Where does proximally come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos Latin proximus English -al English proximal 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 proximally From proximal + -ly.

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