spirally

1. 1.

   with spirals

   “spirally fluted handles”

Questions about spirally

What does spirally mean?

spirally means "with spirals".

How many syllables are in spirally?

spirally has 3 syllables and divides as spi-ral-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 spirally a common word?

spirally 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.