Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unavoidably

/ˌʌnəvˈɔɪdəbli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: un-avoid-ably
IPA: /ˌʌnəvˈɔɪdəbli/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unavoidable manner.

Example Sentences

"The task was made trebly difficult, however, by the badly run-down condition in which the railways of Britain had been unavoidably left at the end of the war in 1945, […]."

Etymology

Etymology tree English unavoidable Middle English -ly English -ly English unavoidably From unavoidable + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unavoidably (comparative) most unavoidably (superlative)

Synonyms

inevitably perforce inescapably ineluctably

Questions

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

How to pronounce unavoidably

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