Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

restrictively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: re-stric-tive-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a restrictive manner.

Example Sentences

"Professor Fite, in The Platonic Legend, deprecates earlier idealization, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat, something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society."

Etymology

Etymology tree English restrictive Middle English -ly English -ly English restrictively From restrictive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more restrictively (comparative) most restrictively (superlative)

Questions

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

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