pejoratively

1. 1.

   in a pejorative manner

   “I am not using the word pejoratively”

Questions about pejoratively

What does pejoratively mean?

pejoratively means "in a pejorative manner".

How many syllables are in pejoratively?

pejoratively has 6 syllables and divides as pe-jo-ra-ti-ve-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 pejoratively a common word?

pejoratively 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.