contingently
adverb
contingently is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-G-E-N-T-L-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, contingently means “In a contingent manner; without foresight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in contingently?
| Letters | 12: C-O-N-T-I-N-G-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd 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 contingently?
Contingently appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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).
How do you pronounce contingently?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-contingently.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of contingently
- more contingently comparative
- most contingently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contingently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a contingent manner; without foresight.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does contingently come from?
From contingent + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).