descriptively
/dɪˈskɹɪptɪvli/adverb
descriptively is an adverb meaning “In a descriptive manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-V-E-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does descriptively mean?
adverb
- 1
In a descriptive manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce descriptively?
- UK /dɪˈskɹɪptɪvli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of descriptively
- more descriptively comparative
- most descriptively superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is descriptively?
Descriptively appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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).
Descriptively in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a descriptive manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | deskriptiv, beschreibend |
| Portuguese | descritivamente |
| Spanish | descriptivamente |
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 descriptively come from?
From descriptive + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).