symmetrically
/səmˈɛtɹɪkli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a symmetrical manner; so as to show symmetry
Example Sentences
- "diagonals symmetrically intermediate between the horizontal axes, terminate in the interaxal basal angles"
- "The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards, which may result in the accumulation of an unidentified leftness determinant, which flows into the node symmetrically, on the left side of the node."
- "We have the ATLANTIC OCEAN running down the center of our grid today and, on either side of the “Pond,” Mr. Trudeau has managed to symmetrically place the British and American English equivalents for four words."
Etymology
Etymology tree English symmetry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic 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 Middle English -ical English -ical English symmetrical 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 symmetrically From symmetrical + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more symmetrically (comparative)
most symmetrically (superlative)