Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

receptively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-cep-tive-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a receptive manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin receptus Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive Middle English -ly English -ly English receptively From receptive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more receptively (comparative) most receptively (superlative)

Questions

What does receptively mean?: In a receptive manner.
Where does receptively come from?: Etymology tree Latin receptus Latin -īvus Medieval Latin receptivusbor. Middle English receptive English receptive Middle English -ly English -ly English receptively From receptive + -ly.

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