Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quixotically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
quixot-i-cal-ly
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a quixotic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English quixotic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English quixotically From quixotic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more quixotically (comparative) most quixotically (superlative)

Questions

What does quixotically mean?
In a quixotic manner.
Where does quixotically come from?
Etymology tree English quixotic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English quixotically From quixotic + -ally.

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