Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfainly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-fainly
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Example Sentences

"Letter of Thomas Dudley to Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Plantation: — Good Sir, — I have received your letters by Captain Standish, and am unfainly glad of God's mercy towards you in the recovery of your health, [...]"
"Matho, although disappointed that I was not able to save his goat, was unfainly glad at my success and accepted gratefully the Rs. 15/- I gave him for his animal."
"[...] And draws me on like one unfainly dead."

Etymology

From unfain + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unfain

Inflected Forms

more unfainly (comparative) most unfainly (superlative)

Questions

What does unfainly mean?: Sorrowfully.
Where does unfainly come from?: From unfain + -ly.

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