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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unprettily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-pret-ti-ly
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that is not pretty, often deliberately so

Example Sentences

  • "He sang unprettily."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prettily English unprettily From un- + prettily.

Inflected Forms

more unprettily (comparative) most unprettily (superlative)

Questions

What does unprettily mean?
In a way that is not pretty, often deliberately so
Where does unprettily come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English prettily English unprettily From un- + prettily.

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