Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unreliably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
un-re-li-ably
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unreliable manner.

Etymology

From unreliable + -ly, blending to + -ably.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unreliably (comparative) most unreliably (superlative)

Synonyms

flakily intermittently sporadically unfaithfully undependably

Antonyms

reliably

Questions

What does unreliably mean?
In an unreliable manner.
Where does unreliably come from?
From unreliable + -ly, blending to + -ably.

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