Speakur

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reliably

/ɹɪlˈaɪəbli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
re-li-ably
IPA
/ɹɪlˈaɪəbli/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a reliable manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reliable 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 reliably From reliable + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more reliably (comparative) most reliably (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonreliably

Synonyms

faithfully dependably

Rhymes With

undeniably unjustifiably

Questions

How do you pronounce reliably?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪlˈaɪəbli/.
What does reliably mean?
In a reliable manner.
Where does reliably come from?
Etymology tree English rely Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reliable 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 reliably From reliable + -ly.

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