parochially

1. 1.

   in a parochial manner

   “parochially narrow in his outlook”

Questions about parochially

What does parochially mean?

parochially means "in a parochial manner".

How many syllables are in parochially?

parochially has 5 syllables and divides as pa-ro-chi-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 parochially a common word?

parochially 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.