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apically

adverb

apically is spelled A-P-I-C-A-L-L-Y: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, apically means “In an apical manner or direction; towards an apex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in apically?

Letters8: A-P-I-C-A-L-L-Y
In writingabout once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is apically?

Apically appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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).

Forms of apically

  • more apically comparative
  • most apically superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does apically mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    In an apical manner or direction; towards an apex.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Apically in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense in an apical manner or direction:

LanguageWords
Portugueseapicalmente

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.

Where does apically come from?

From apical + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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