dissolutely

1. 1.

   in a dissolute way

   Synonymsprofligately

Questions about dissolutely

What does dissolutely mean?

dissolutely means "in a dissolute way".

How many syllables are in dissolutely?

dissolutely has 5 syllables and divides as dis-so-lu-te-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.

What is another word for dissolutely?

Close synonyms include profligately. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dissolutely a common word?

dissolutely 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.