Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsatisfactorily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
un-sat-is-fac-to-ri-ly
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unsatisfactory manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English unsatisfactory Middle English -ly English -ly English unsatisfactorily From unsatisfactory + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more unsatisfactorily (comparative) most unsatisfactorily (superlative)

Antonyms

Questions

What does unsatisfactorily mean?
In an unsatisfactory manner.
Where does unsatisfactorily come from?
Etymology tree English unsatisfactory Middle English -ly English -ly English unsatisfactorily From unsatisfactory + -ly.

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