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unillustriously

unillustriously adverb: in a way that is not illustrious.

Adverb

unillustriously (comparative more unillustriously, superlative most unillustriously)

  1. In a way that is not illustrious.
    • Knighted unillustriously among a horde of some three hundred others in the accession honours of 1603, he was subsequently well compensated by being made Baron Verulam[…]1961, A. C. Ward, Illustrated History of English Literature, page 22

Forms of unillustriously

comparativemore unillustriously
superlativemost unillustriously

Origin of unillustriously

From unillustrious + -ly.

Questions about unillustriously

What does unillustriously mean?
Unillustriously means in a way that is not illustrious.
What part of speech is unillustriously?
Unillustriously is an adverb.

Words near unillustriously in the dictionary

  1. unillusive
  2. unillusory
  3. unillustrated
  4. unillustrative
  5. unillustrious
  6. unillustriously
  7. unilobal
  8. unilobar
  9. unilobate
  10. unilobe
  11. unilobed

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