magnificently
/mæɡˈnɪfəsəntli/mag-NIH-fuh-suhnt-lee
/mæɡˈnɪfəsəntli/mag-NIH-fuh-suhnt-lee
Meaningin a magnificent way
Common meaning: splendidly
- magnigreat, bigLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1098 · scan
- ficto make; to cause to happenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 716 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘great, big’ + ‘to make’ → magnificently
Journey through time
magni Latin magnus, -a, -um “great, big”
- Latinmagnussource
fic Latin faciō, fēcī, factum “to make; to cause to happen”
- Latinfaceresource
Parts join in Latin as magnificens.
- Latinmagnificens‘doing great things’source
- Englishmagnificent‘very impressive and beautiful’
- Englishformed in English from magnificentmagnificently‘splendidly’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from magnificent + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MAGNIFICENT, p.348 · scan
Roots
- faciō, fēcī, factum Latin “to make; to cause to happen”
- magnus, -a, -um Latin “great, big”
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