Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rapaciously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-pa-cious-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a rapacious manner, greedily, with great appetite.

Etymology

Etymology tree English rapacious Middle English -ly English -ly English rapaciously From rapacious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more rapaciously (comparative) most rapaciously (superlative)

Questions

What does rapaciously mean?: In a rapacious manner, greedily, with great appetite.
Where does rapaciously come from?: Etymology tree English rapacious Middle English -ly English -ly English rapaciously From rapacious + -ly.

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