cosmetically

1. 1.

   for cosmetic purposes to improve appearance

   “it is used cosmetically by many women”

Questions about cosmetically

What does cosmetically mean?

cosmetically means "for cosmetic purposes to improve appearance".

How many syllables are in cosmetically?

cosmetically has 4 syllables: co-smetic-al-ly. The stress falls on "smetic". In IPA it is /ˌkɔzˈmɛtɪkli/.

Is cosmetically a common word?

cosmetically 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.