Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unhealthily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: un-healthi-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unhealthy manner.

Example Sentences

"Full disclosure: I’m white, and I’ve been intrigued, unhealthily or not, for decades by the whitelessness of Georgetown basketball."

Etymology

Etymology tree English unhealthy Middle English -ly English -ly English unhealthily From unhealthy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unhealthily (comparative) most unhealthily (superlative)

Rhymes With

healthily wealthily

Questions

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

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