Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spastically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: spas-ti-cal-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a spastic way; accompanied by spasms.

Example Sentences

"Recently my three little boys were having a postdinner, prebath boogie party—spastically break-dancing in their underwear and diapers."

Etymology

Etymology tree English spastic 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 spastically From spastic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more spastically (comparative) most spastically (superlative)

Questions

What does spastically mean?: In a spastic way; accompanied by spasms.
Where does spastically come from?: Etymology tree English spastic 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 spastically From spastic + -ally.

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