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infelicitously

infelicitously adverb: in a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.

Adverb

infelicitously (comparative more infelicitously, superlative most infelicitously)

  1. In a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate
    • By turns absorbing, confounding, exhausting and altogether stranger and more rib-ticklingly funny than most fiction, Craig Baldwin's infelicitously titled and cacophonous provocation, "Mock Up on Mu," comes close to defying categorization.2009 January 14, Manohla Dargis, “Star Log: Trippy Sci-Fi Mash-Up Alert!”, in New York Times

Forms of infelicitously

comparativemore infelicitously
superlativemost infelicitously

Origin of infelicitously

From infelicitous + -ly or in- + felicitously.

Questions about infelicitously

What does infelicitously mean?
Infelicitously means in a way that is infelicitous or unfortunate.
What part of speech is infelicitously?
Infelicitously is an adverb.

Words near infelicitously in the dictionary

  1. infeftments
  2. infefts
  3. infelicific
  4. infelicities
  5. infelicitous
  6. infelicitously
  7. infelicitousness
  8. infelicity
  9. infell
  10. infelonious
  11. infelt

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