reportingly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee To bind our loves up in a holy band; For others say thou dost deserve, and I Believe it better than reportingly."
- "If a man, having a genuine opinion on any matter (b), chooses, nevertheless, to state it as a fact, or, having information, expresses the subject of it, in Beatrice’s phrase, “better than reportingly,” he must take all the risks, and abide by all the consequences, attending a representation pure and simple."
- "1911, C. E. Wheeler (translator), The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory, London: J.M. Dent, summary of Canto 8, p. 53, […] he receives the significant comment that ere six years are gone he shall know the worth of the Malaspini better than reportingly."
Etymology
From reporting + -ly.