Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semantically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
se-man-ti-cal-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the manner of or referring to semantics.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English semantic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English semantically From semantic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more semantically (comparative) most semantically (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does semantically mean?
In the manner of or referring to semantics.
Where does semantically come from?
Etymology tree English semantic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English semantically From semantic + -ally.

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