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Indefinetly or indefinitely?

Did you mean indefinitely? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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indefinetly

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indefinitely

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Correct spelling: indefinitely. Misspelling: indefinetly.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

It contains finite: in-de-FINITE-ly.

Why people write “indefinetly”

“indefinetly” differs from “indefinitely” in 2 places: it leaves out the I; and it swaps the order of T and E.

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make indefinitely automatic.

What does “indefinitely” mean?

indefinitely adverb

  1. to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time

    “this could go on indefinitely”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Indefinitely” in a sentence

  • The event has been postponed indefinitely.
  • This could go on indefinitely.

Is “indefinitely” a playable word?

i 1n 1d 2e 1f 4i 1n 1i 1t 1e 1l 1y 4

19 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“indefinetly” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from INDEFINITELY.

Indefinitely: quick answers

Is it indefinetly or indefinitely?
The correct spelling is indefinitely. “indefinetly” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell indefinitely?
It contains finite: in-de-FINITE-ly.
What does indefinitely mean?
Indefinitely means: to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time.