familiarly
/fəˈmɪl.jɚ.li/adverb
familiarly is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is familiary: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 3 in 10 of all searches for the word. Familiarly is an adverb meaning “In a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance; especially when such behavior may be considered…”.
How many letters and syllables are in familiarly?
| Letters | 10: F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, familiary, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell familiarly?
Familiarly is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 3 in 10 of the searches for familiarly in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is familiarly?
Familiarly appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th 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 familiarly?
- US /fəˈmɪl.jɚ.li/
- US /fəˈmɪl.i.ɚ.li/
Familiarly has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-familiarly.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of familiarly
- more familiarly comparative
- most familiarly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does familiarly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance; especially when such behavior may be considered inappropriate.
He spoke familiarly to the hotel porter.
- 2
datedIn an inappropriately sexual or romantic manner.
- 3
colloquialColloquially; of common or vernacular speech, as opposed to scholarly language.
The giant panda, familiarly known as a "panda bear", is not actually a bear at all.
- 4
In a manner prompting recognition or recollection.
The voice from downstairs sounded familiarly like a foghorn, and right away he knew that Uncle Fred had arrived.
- 5
In a manner expressing comprehensive or intimate knowledge.
The instructor spoke familiarly about the dangerous conditions on the mountain during the winter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Familiarly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a familiar manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | familiarmente |
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 familiarly come from?
From Middle English familierly, equivalent to familiar + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).