despicably

1. 1.

   in a despicable manner

   “he acted despicably”

Questions about despicably

What does despicably mean?

despicably means "in a despicable manner".

How many syllables are in despicably?

despicably has 4 syllables and divides as de-spi-ca-bly 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 despicably a common word?

despicably 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.