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attributively

/əˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv.li/adverb

attributively is an adverb meaning “In an attributive manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-T-T-R-I-B-U-T-I-V-E-L-Y and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does attributively mean?

adverb

  1. 1

    In an attributive manner.

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

How do you pronounce attributively?

  • US /əˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv.li/

Attributively has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

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

Forms of attributively

  • more attributively comparative
  • most attributively superlative

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

How common is attributively?

Attributively appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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).

Where does attributively come from?

From attributive + -ly.

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