Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unforgivably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: un-for-giv-ably
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unforgivable manner.

Example Sentences

"Mr. Dukakis charged that when it came to advising President Reagan on Iran, Mr. Bush was "disastrously and completely and unforgivably wrong.""
"The astonished Ken Wharfe came by just in time to witness this bizarre spectacle and in an appropriately policemanly manner rebuked the butler for his 'unforgivably disloyal' and 'deeply unprofessional' behaviour."
"Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators."

Etymology

Etymology tree English unforgivable Middle English -ly English -ly English unforgivably From unforgivable + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unforgivably (comparative) most unforgivably (superlative)

Synonyms

inexcusably unpardonably

Questions

What does unforgivably mean?: In an unforgivable manner.
Where does unforgivably come from?: Etymology tree English unforgivable Middle English -ly English -ly English unforgivably From unforgivable + -ly.

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