Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unvoluntarily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-vol-un-tar-i-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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 voluntarily English unvoluntarily From un- + voluntarily.

Inflected Forms

more unvoluntarily (comparative) most unvoluntarily (superlative)

Questions

What does unvoluntarily mean?
Alternative form of involuntarily: not voluntarily, forcedly.
Where does unvoluntarily 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 voluntarily English unvoluntarily From un- + voluntarily.

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