Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reflectively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: re-flec-tive-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a reflective manner; meditatively.

adv

By means of reflection.

Example Sentences

""I should say yes," agreed George. "And talk about speed!" he added. "Wow! One ball he threw soaked me in the ear. I can feel it yet!" and he rubbed the side of his head reflectively."
""Spuds - Jim - Jimmy?" he ran his fingers reflectively through his hair, and frowned. "Bowles," he added triumphantly."
"Blake picked his teeth reflectively with the point of a clasp knife."
"In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English reflective Middle English -ly English -ly English reflectively From reflective + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more reflectively (comparative) most reflectively (superlative)

Questions

What does reflectively mean?: In a reflective manner; meditatively.
Where does reflectively come from?: Etymology tree English reflective Middle English -ly English -ly English reflectively From reflective + -ly.

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