Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inexpectedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-ex-pect-ed-ly
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Obsolete form of unexpectedly.

Obsolete

Etymology

From inexpected + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more inexpectedly (comparative) most inexpectedly (superlative)

Questions

What does inexpectedly mean?
Obsolete form of unexpectedly.
Where does inexpectedly come from?
From inexpected + -ly.

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