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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpretentiously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
un-pre-ten-tious-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a manner that is not pretentious; sincerely, without affectation.

Etymology

From unpretentious + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unpretentiously (comparative) most unpretentiously (superlative)

Questions

What does unpretentiously mean?
In a manner that is not pretentious; sincerely, without affectation.
Where does unpretentiously come from?
From unpretentious + -ly.

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