Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repellently

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-pel-lent-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a repelling manner.

Example Sentences

"The gourmet 'treat' glistened repellently. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot chopstick."

Etymology

Etymology tree English repellent Middle English -ly English -ly English repellently From repellent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more repellently (comparative) most repellently (superlative)

Synonyms

repellingly

Questions

What does repellently mean?: In a repelling manner.
Where does repellently come from?: Etymology tree English repellent Middle English -ly English -ly English repellently From repellent + -ly.

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