unmercifully
/ʌnˈmɜɹ.sɪˌfʊl̩.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an unmerciful manner.
Example Sentences
- "They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach."
- "These men lashed themselves and each other unmercifully with knotted leather scourges until the blood ran, two or three times daily."
Etymology
Etymology tree English unmerciful Middle English -ly English -ly English unmercifully From unmerciful + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌnˈmɜɹ.sɪˌfʊl̩.li/
Inflected Forms
more unmercifully (comparative)
most unmercifully (superlative)