accountably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English accountable

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English accountably

From accountable + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkaʊn.tə.bli/

Adverb

accountably (comparative more accountably, superlative most accountably)

1. In an accountable manner.

Related terms

• account
• accountability
• accountableness

Translations

in an accountable manner

• Catalan: responsablement
• Spanish: responsablemente (es)