Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncertainly

/ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: un-cer-tain-ly
IPA: /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an uncertain manner.

Example Sentences

""No — don't you get it?" said Rimmer. ¶ "Get what?" said Kryten, uncertainly."
"I sketch the place of others, pinning them down with objective confidence within an institutional, urban, or rural landscape, yet only failingly, uncertainly, imagine where I really belong[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English uncerteynliche, uncertanlye. By surface analysis, uncertain + -ly or un- + certainly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: uncerteynliche

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/
British English: /ʌnˈsɜːtən.li/

Inflected Forms

more uncertainly (comparative) most uncertainly (superlative)

Synonyms

unsteadily falteringly

Antonyms

certainly

Rhymes With

certainly

Questions

How do you pronounce uncertainly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən.li/.
What does uncertainly mean?: In an uncertain manner.
Where does uncertainly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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