spiritually
/spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuəlˌi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a manner affecting, relating or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Example Sentences
- "physically and spiritually abused"
- "spiritually sanctified"
- "Corporeally, he stood between Robert and Millie, a parent of dark menace. Spiritually, he was as effective as a scarecrow in a black coat."
- "Whatever we desire, we can find a person who has already attained what we want to attain spiritually, relationshipwise, careerwise, and materially."
- "Oxford is spiritually London."
- "Now, I don't think Doug was literally calling the song Oscar bait, I don't think that he thinks that they were specifically playing towards the Academy, but I do think he thinks The Wall is spiritually Oscar bait, which is to say, insincere."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual 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 English -ly English spiritually From spiritual + -ly.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more spiritually (comparative)
most spiritually (superlative)