Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncourteously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-cour-te-ous-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that is not courteous. Impolitely

Etymology

From Middle English uncurteisly; equivalent to uncourteous + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: uncurteisly
Suffix: uncourteous

Inflected Forms

more uncourteously (comparative) most uncourteously (superlative)

Questions

What does uncourteously mean?: In a way that is not courteous. Impolitely
Where does uncourteously come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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