Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sceptically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: scep-ti-cal-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of skeptically.

British usage

Example Sentences

"Aitkenhead surmises sceptically that her friend's son, enrolled on a photography degree, "will almost certainly not" get the job he wants."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sceptic 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 sceptically From sceptic + -ally.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more sceptically (comparative) most sceptically (superlative)

Synonyms

skeptically

Questions

What does sceptically mean?: Alternative form of skeptically.
Where does sceptically come from?: Etymology tree English sceptic 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 sceptically From sceptic + -ally.

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