Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-importantly

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
self--im-por-tant-ly
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From self-important + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more self-importantly (comparative) most self-importantly (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does self-importantly mean?
In a self-important manner.
Where does self-importantly come from?
From self-important + -ly.

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