Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfittingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-fit-ting-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a way that is not fitting; inappropriately; unsuitably.

Etymology

From Middle English unfittyngly, equivalent to unfitting + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: unfittyngly
Suffix: unfitting

Inflected Forms

more unfittingly (comparative) most unfittingly (superlative)

Questions

What does unfittingly mean?: In a way that is not fitting; inappropriately; unsuitably.
Where does unfittingly come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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