Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unkissably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-kiss-ably
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

So as to preclude kissing.

Example Sentences

"Just as he was ready to spring all two hundred pounds of him on the helpless lizard, his attention was distracted by a rather large snake of the unkissably poisonous variety."
"In any case, the unkissably shrewish Kate seems to be offering a bit of conspiratorial advice, "Slip around [the back]," as if to get away with something."
"Traquair watched Miss Trenton walk slowly back up the path to the house, where he saw Miss Grant standing with her hands covering her mouth, which he imagined was in its usual, unkissably open pose."

Etymology

From unkissable + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unkissable

Questions

What does unkissably mean?: So as to preclude kissing.
Where does unkissably come from?: From unkissable + -ly.

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