unfavourably
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
UK standard spelling of unfavorably.
Example Sentences
- "Neither the Type 2 nor the Type 3 locomotives have so far reached a satisfactory standard of performance. [...] The number of miles per failure is still too low and therefore compares unfavourably with steam engine performance."
Etymology
Etymology tree English unfavourable Middle English -ly English -ly English unfavourably From unfavourable + -ly.