Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unencouragingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-en-cour-ag-ing-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unencouraging way.

Example Sentences

"He then moved towards the Saloon, and Stobhill, saying unencouragingly: "I will have your message conveyed to Miss, sir," opened the door for him."

Etymology

From unencouraging + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unencouraging

Questions

What does unencouragingly mean?: In an unencouraging way.
Where does unencouragingly come from?: From unencouraging + -ly.

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