quixotically

1. 1.

   in a quixotic manner

   “sent to jail for two years, he has quixotically refused to clear himself by betraying his colleagues”

Questions about quixotically

What does quixotically mean?

quixotically means "in a quixotic manner".

How many syllables are in quixotically?

quixotically has 5 syllables and divides as quix-o-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 quixotically a common word?

quixotically 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.