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unlivably

unlivably adverb: in a manner that is unconducive to living.

Adverb

unlivably (comparative more unlivably, superlative most unlivably)

  1. In a manner that is unconducive to living.
    • the unlivably low wages
    • They joked about being in a Kipling story of the hill stations in India where the Raj's females lived in cool idleness while their husbands worked in the unlivably hot cities. Kate bemoaned her fate […]2007, Michael Bliss, Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63
    Antonyms:
    livably

Examples of unlivably in a sentence

  • […] that enable human beings to extend their presence into unlivably hostile environments (deep space, ocean abysses), […]2010, Graham J. Murphy, Sherryl Vint, Beyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN:
  • Later I'd keep imagining them up there in the winter to come, freezing in one of those tiny cabins—previously abandoned because they were unlivably cold.2015, Keith Gessen, Stephen Squibb, City by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis, n + 1, →ISBN, page 69:
  • Their frame of reference is their much poorer home country, and what seem like unlivably low wages here and worth a lot more there.2018, Aviva Chomsky, "They Take Our Jobs!": and 20 Other Myths about Immigration, Expanded Edition, Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 16:

Antonyms of unlivably

Forms of unlivably

comparativemore unlivably
superlativemost unlivably
alternative formunliveably

Origin of unlivably

From unlivable + -ly.

Questions about unlivably

What does unlivably mean?
Unlivably means in a manner that is unconducive to living.
How do you use unlivably in a sentence?
[…] that enable human beings to extend their presence into unlivably hostile environments (deep space, ocean abysses), […]
What part of speech is unlivably?
Unlivably is an adverb.

Words near unlivably in the dictionary

  1. unlittered
  2. unlittle
  3. unliturgical
  4. unlivable
  5. unlivableness
  6. unlivably
  7. unlive
  8. unliveable
  9. unliveableness
  10. unliveably
  11. unlived

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