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contently

adverb

contently is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-L-Y: 9 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, contently means “In a contented manner; contentedly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in contently?

Letters9: C-O-N-T-E-N-T-L-Y
In writingabout once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th 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 contently?

Contently 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 contently

  • more contently comparative
  • most contently superlative

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

What does contently mean?

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

adverb

  1. 1

    In a contented manner; contentedly

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

Where does contently come from?

From content + -ly.

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

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