Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unctuously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: unc-tu-ous-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Insincerely and excessively charming.

Etymology

Etymology tree English unctuous Middle English -ly English -ly English unctuously From unctuous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unctuously (comparative) most unctuously (superlative)

Synonyms

smarmily fulsomely

Questions

What does unctuously mean?: Insincerely and excessively charming.
Where does unctuously come from?: Etymology tree English unctuous Middle English -ly English -ly English unctuously From unctuous + -ly.

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