canonically

1. 1.

   in a canonical manner

   “the deacon was canonically inducted”

Questions about canonically

What does canonically mean?

canonically means "in a canonical manner".

How many syllables are in canonically?

canonically has 5 syllables and divides as ca-no-ni-cal-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 canonically a common word?

canonically 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.