Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpleasantly

/ənplˈɛzəntli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: un-pleas-ant-ly
IPA: /ənplˈɛzəntli/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unpleasant manner.

Example Sentences

"The sinister face of Dr. Bauerstein recurred to me unpleasantly. A vague suspicion of everyone and everything filled my mind. Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil."

Etymology

Etymology tree English unpleasant Middle English -ly English -ly English unpleasantly From unpleasant + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unpleasantly (comparative) most unpleasantly (superlative)

Rhymes With

presently pleasantly

Questions

How do you pronounce unpleasantly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənplˈɛzəntli/.
What does unpleasantly mean?: In an unpleasant manner.
Where does unpleasantly come from?: Etymology tree English unpleasant Middle English -ly English -ly English unpleasantly From unpleasant + -ly.

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