Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secretively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
se-cre-tive-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a secretive manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English secretive Middle English -ly English -ly English secretively From secretive + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more secretively (comparative) most secretively (superlative)

Questions

What does secretively mean?
In a secretive manner.
Where does secretively come from?
Etymology tree English secretive Middle English -ly English -ly English secretively From secretive + -ly.

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