Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regularly

/ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables: reg-u-lar-ly
IPA: /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With constant frequency or pattern.

adv

normally; ordinarily.

Example Sentences

"We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store."
"Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar."
"Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did."
"Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit."
"The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty."

Etymology

Etymology tree English regular 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 regularly From regular + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/
British English: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.li/

Inflected Forms

more regularly (comparative) most regularly (superlative)

Derived Forms

unregularly

Synonyms

as a rule routinely on a regular basis

Rhymes With

irregularly

Questions

How do you pronounce regularly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/.
What does regularly mean?: With constant frequency or pattern.
Where does regularly come from?: Etymology tree English regular 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 regularly From regular + -ly.

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