paternalistically
adverb
paternalistically is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-A-L-I-S-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y: 17 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, paternalistically means “In a paternalistic manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in paternalistically?
| Letters | 17: P-A-T-E-R-N-A-L-I-S-T-I-C-A-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd 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 paternalistically?
Paternalistically appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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 paternalistically
- more paternalistically comparative
- most paternalistically superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paternalistically mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a paternalistic manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does paternalistically come from?
From paternalistic + -ally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).