hypocritically

1. 1.

   in a hypocritical manner

   “he behaved hypocritically by praying piously when people were watching”

Questions about hypocritically

What does hypocritically mean?

hypocritically means "in a hypocritical manner".

How many syllables are in hypocritically?

hypocritically has 6 syllables and divides as hy-po-cri-ti-cal-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 hypocritically a common word?

hypocritically 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.