Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unskillfully

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-skill-ful-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unskilled manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English skillfully English unskillfully From un- + skillfully.

Inflected Forms

more unskillfully (comparative) most unskillfully (superlative)

Questions

What does unskillfully mean?
In an unskilled manner.
Where does unskillfully come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English skillfully English unskillfully From un- + skillfully.

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