How to pronounce “successfully”
Say “successfully” in 4 beats
successfully
/səkˈsɛsfəli/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /səksɛsfəli/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- sucsək
- cesssɛstress
- fulsfə
- lyli
- IPA (American)
- /səkˈsɛsfəli/
- IPA (British)
- /səksɛsfəli/
- Respelling
- suhk-SE-sfuh-lee
- Syllables
- 4 — suc-CESS-ful-ly
- Stress
- Stress the second syllable: suc-CESS-ful-ly. “cess” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
American and British are not the same here
/səkˈsɛsfəli/
/səksɛsfəli/
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What “successfully” means
- adverb
with success; in a successful manner
“she performed the surgery successfully”
Say it in a sentence
“She successfully defended her thesis after four years of work.”“successfully”, answered
How do you pronounce “successfully”?
“successfully” is pronounced /səkˈsɛsfəli/ (suhk-SE-sfuh-lee) in American English and /səksɛsfəli/ in British English — 4 syllables, stressed on “cess”. Build it as suc-CESS-ful-ly, then run the second syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “successfully” have?
4: suc · cess · ful · ly. The beat lands on the second, “cess”.
Is “successfully” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /səkˈsɛsfəli/ (suhk-SE-sfuh-lee); British English says /səksɛsfəli/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “successfully” mean?
As an adverb: with success; in a successful manner For example: “she performed the surgery successfully”
Where is the stress in “successfully”?
Stress the second syllable: suc-CESS-ful-ly. “cess” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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