oppositely

1. 1.

   in an opposite position

Questions about oppositely

What does oppositely mean?

oppositely means "in an opposite position".

How many syllables are in oppositely?

oppositely has 5 syllables and divides as op-po-si-te-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 oppositely a common word?

oppositely 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.