adjectively

1. 1.

   as an adjective

   “nouns are frequently used adjectively”

Questions about adjectively

What does adjectively mean?

adjectively means "as an adjective".

How many syllables are in adjectively?

adjectively has 5 syllables and divides as ad-jec-ti-ve-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is adjectively a common word?

adjectively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.