reflectively

1. 1.

   in a reflective manner

   “he watched her reflectively”

Questions about reflectively

What does reflectively mean?

reflectively means "in a reflective manner".

How many syllables are in reflectively?

reflectively has 5 syllables and divides as re-flec-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 reflectively a common word?

reflectively 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.