fatefully

1. 1.

   in a prophetically fateful manner

   “the nurse whispered fatefully to call the priest”

Questions about fatefully

What does fatefully mean?

fatefully means "in a prophetically fateful manner".

How many syllables are in fatefully?

fatefully has 4 syllables and divides as fa-te-ful-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 fatefully a common word?

fatefully 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.