Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suboptimally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-op-ti-mal-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a less than optimal manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English suboptimal Middle English -ly English -ly English suboptimally From suboptimal + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more suboptimally (comparative) most suboptimally (superlative)

Questions

What does suboptimally mean?: In a less than optimal manner.
Where does suboptimally come from?: Etymology tree English suboptimal Middle English -ly English -ly English suboptimally From suboptimal + -ly.

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