meretriciously

1. 1.

   in a meretricious manner

   “the boat is meretriciously decorated”

   Synonymsflashily

Questions about meretriciously

What does meretriciously mean?

meretriciously means "in a meretricious manner".

How many syllables are in meretriciously?

meretriciously has 6 syllables: me-re-tri-ci-ou-sly. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for meretriciously?

Close synonyms include flashily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meretriciously a common word?

meretriciously 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.