Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ritualistically

/ɹˌɪtʃuəlˈɪstɪkəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: rit-u-al-is-ti-cal-ly
IPA: /ɹˌɪtʃuəlˈɪstɪkəli/

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Done as though following a ritual; in a ritualistic manner.'

Example Sentences

"For fifty years, ritualistically, he had been repeating the same jokes, laughing at them because they were so infantile and stupid"

Etymology

Etymology tree English ritualistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English ritualistically From ritualistic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more ritualistically (comparative) most ritualistically (superlative)

Rhymes With

statistically optimistically journalistically

Questions

How do you pronounce ritualistically?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌɪtʃuəlˈɪstɪkəli/.
What does ritualistically mean?: Done as though following a ritual; in a ritualistic manner.'
Where does ritualistically come from?: Etymology tree English ritualistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English ritualistically From ritualistic + -ally.

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