pruriently

1. 1.

   in a prurient manner

Questions about pruriently

What does pruriently mean?

pruriently means "in a prurient manner".

How many syllables are in pruriently?

pruriently has 3 syllables and divides as pru-rient-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 pruriently a common word?

pruriently 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.