Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retributively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-tribu-tive-ly
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a retributive manner.

Etymology

From retributive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does retributively mean?
In a retributive manner.
Where does retributively come from?
From retributive + -ly.

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