anciently

1. 1.

   in ancient times; long ago

   “a concern with what may have happened anciently”

Questions about anciently

What does anciently mean?

anciently means "in ancient times; long ago".

How many syllables are in anciently?

anciently has 3 syllables and divides as an-cient-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 anciently a common word?

anciently 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.