piratically

1. 1.

   in a piratical manner

   “the piratically published edition of his book”

Questions about piratically

What does piratically mean?

piratically means "in a piratical manner".

How many syllables are in piratically?

piratically has 5 syllables and divides as pi-ra-ti-cal-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 piratically a common word?

piratically 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.