Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwieldily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-wield-ily
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in an unwieldy fashion

Etymology

From unwieldy + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unwieldily (comparative) most unwieldily (superlative)

Questions

What does unwieldily mean?
in an unwieldy fashion
Where does unwieldily come from?
From unwieldy + -ly.

How to pronounce unwieldily

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