scandalously
adverb
scandalously is spelled S-C-A-N-D-A-L-O-U-S-L-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, scandalously means “In a scandalous manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scandalously?
| Letters | 12: S-C-A-N-D-A-L-O-U-S-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st 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 scandalously?
Scandalously appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st 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 scandalously
- more scandalously comparative
- most scandalously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scandalously mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a scandalous manner.
She was seen running for her life scandalously underclad.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does scandalously come from?
From scandalous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).