catastrophically

1. 1.

   with unfortunate consequences

   “catastrophically complex”

Questions about catastrophically

What does catastrophically mean?

catastrophically means "with unfortunate consequences".

How many syllables are in catastrophically?

catastrophically has 6 syllables and divides as ca-ta-stro-phi-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 catastrophically a common word?

catastrophically is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.