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sadistically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
sadis-ti-cal-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a sadistic manner.

adv

In a particularly horrible or brutal manner, as painfully as possible.

Etymology

Etymology tree English sadistic 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 sadistically From sadistic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more sadistically (comparative) most sadistically (superlative)

Questions

What does sadistically mean?
In a sadistic manner.
Where does sadistically come from?
Etymology tree English sadistic 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 sadistically From sadistic + -ally.

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