illustriously

1. 1.

   in an illustrious manner

   “Einstein, the illustriously famous physicist of the 20th century”

Questions about illustriously

What does illustriously mean?

illustriously means "in an illustrious manner".

How many syllables are in illustriously?

illustriously has 5 syllables and divides as il-lu-stri-ou-sly 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 illustriously a common word?

illustriously 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.