Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

importunely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-por-tune-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an importune manner.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English importunely, inportunely, equivalent to importune + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: importunely,inportunely
Suffix: importune

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more importunely (comparative) most importunely (superlative)

Synonyms

vexatiously persistently

Questions

What does importunely mean?: In an importune manner.
Where does importunely come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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