Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regressively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
re-gres-sive-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a regressive manner

Etymology

From regressive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more regressively (comparative) most regressively (superlative)

Questions

What does regressively mean?
in a regressive manner
Where does regressively come from?
From regressive + -ly.

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