Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unthreateningly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-threat-en-ing-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unthreatening way.

Example Sentences

"And then of course humans tend to make more of a fuss over animals we can relate to – because they stand on two legs or live in charming family units, or are unthreateningly charismatic."

Etymology

From unthreatening + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: unthreatening

Inflected Forms

more unthreateningly (comparative) most unthreateningly (superlative)

Questions

What does unthreateningly mean?: In an unthreatening way.
Where does unthreateningly come from?: From unthreatening + -ly.

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