apologetically

1. 1.

   in an apologetic manner

   “he spoke apologetically about his past”

Questions about apologetically

What does apologetically mean?

apologetically means "in an apologetic manner".

How many syllables are in apologetically?

apologetically has 6 syllables: apo-lo-ge-tic-al-ly. The stress falls on "tic". In IPA it is /əˌpɑləˈdʒɛtɪˌkli/.

Is apologetically a common word?

apologetically 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.

What rhymes with apologetically?

2 words rhyme with apologetically. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.