Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwholesomely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-whole-some-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an unwholesome manner.

Example Sentences

"The air in the old mine was unwholesomely damp and dusty."

Etymology

From Middle English unholsomli, equivalent to unwholesome + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: unwholesome
Root: unholsomli
Suffix: -ly

Inflected Forms

more unwholesomely (comparative) most unwholesomely (superlative)

Questions

What does unwholesomely mean?: In an unwholesome manner.
Where does unwholesomely come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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