unfitly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an unfit manner; unsuitably, inappropriately, not fitly.
Example Sentences
- "These two sorts of essences, I suppose, may not unfitly be termed, the one the REAL, the other NOMINAL ESSENCE. 16."
- "And in reference to this harmonious interplay of all the human faculties and sensibilities, I may not unfitly apply to Shakespeare's workmanship these choice lines from Wordsworth: "Brisk Youth appeared, the Morn of youth, With freaks of graceful folly,-- Life's temperate Noon, her sober Eve, Her Night not melancholy; Past, present, future, all appeared, In harmony united, Like guests that meet, and some from far, By cordial love invited.""
- "He had said he would, but had dawdled skillfully and was still unfitly in bare feet and the shabby garments of a weekday."
Etymology
From unfit + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more unfitly (comparative)
most unfitly (superlative)