trancelike

1. 1.

   as if in a trance

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Questions about trancelike

What does trancelike mean?

trancelike means "as if in a trance".

How many syllables are in trancelike?

trancelike has 3 syllables and divides as tran-ce-like 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 trancelike a common word?

trancelike 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.