medially

1. 1.

   in a medial position

   “this consonant always occurs medially”

Questions about medially

What does medially mean?

medially means "in a medial position".

How many syllables are in medially?

medially has 4 syllables and divides as me-di-al-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 medially a common word?

medially 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.