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vigilantly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
vig-i-lant-ly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a vigilant manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English vigilant 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 vigilantly From vigilant + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more vigilantly (comparative) most vigilantly (superlative)

Derived Forms

hypervigilantly

Synonyms

watchfully

Questions

What does vigilantly mean?
In a vigilant manner.
Where does vigilantly come from?
Etymology tree English vigilant 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 vigilantly From vigilant + -ly.

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