transversely
adverb
transversely is spelled T-R-A-N-S-V-E-R-S-E-L-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, transversely means “In a transverse manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in transversely?
| Letters | 12: T-R-A-N-S-V-E-R-S-E-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th 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 transversely?
Transversely appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th 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 transversely?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-transversely.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of transversely
- transversally
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does transversely mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a transverse manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does transversely come from?
From transverse + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).