barbarously
adverb
barbarously is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-O-U-S-L-Y: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, barbarously means “In a barbarous manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in barbarously?
| Letters | 11: B-A-R-B-A-R-O-U-S-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 barbarously?
Barbarously appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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 barbarously
- more barbarously comparative
- most barbarously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does barbarously mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a barbarous manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does barbarously come from?
From barbarous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).