aerially
adverb
aerially is an adverb meaning “In an aerial manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-E-R-I-A-L-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does aerially mean?
adverb
- 1
In an aerial manner.
- 2
Via the air, as in aerial transmission of diseases.
Some months later it was determined that the infection resisted containment measures so easily because it was transmitted aerially.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aerially
- more aerially comparative
- most aerially superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aerially?
Aerially appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aerially in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an aerial manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | aereamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.