familiarly

1. 1.

   in an intimately familiar manner

   “Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group”

Questions about familiarly

What does familiarly mean?

familiarly means "in an intimately familiar manner".

How many syllables are in familiarly?

familiarly has 5 syllables: fa-mi-li-ar-ly. The stress falls on "li".

Is familiarly a common word?

familiarly 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.