Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

immaturely

/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: im-ma-ture-ly
IPA: /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Giving an appearance of immaturity; childishly.

adv

Without having attained maturity.

Example Sentences

"They may be approaching 40, but after three beers they are behaving as immaturely as any teenager."
"[…] birds which are hatched immaturely and fly immediately after leaving the nest."

Etymology

Etymology tree English immature Middle English -ly English -ly English immaturely From immature + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more immaturely (comparative) most immaturely (superlative)

Synonyms

jejunely

Antonyms

maturely

Questions

How do you pronounce immaturely?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/.
What does immaturely mean?: Giving an appearance of immaturity; childishly.
Where does immaturely come from?: Etymology tree English immature Middle English -ly English -ly English immaturely From immature + -ly.

How to pronounce immaturely

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