Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpromisingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-promis-ing-ly
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unpromising manner.

Example Sentences

"The town looked unpromisingly bleak, but our hotel proved to be modern and cosy."

Etymology

Etymology tree English unpromising Middle English -ly English -ly English unpromisingly From unpromising + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unpromisingly (comparative) most unpromisingly (superlative)

Questions

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

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