Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recursively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
re-cur-sive-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a recursive way or manner.

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Etymology

Etymology tree English recursive 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 recursively From recursive + -ly.

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Questions

What does recursively mean?
In a recursive way or manner.
Where does recursively come from?
Etymology tree English recursive 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 recursively From recursive + -ly.

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