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unspectacularly

unspectacularly adverb: in an unspectacular manner.

Adverb

unspectacularly (comparative more unspectacularly, superlative most unspectacularly)

  1. In an unspectacular manner.
    • If attempts to sleep on the boat were unsuccessful, now is the time to snatch a nap, for the 88 miles through pleasant but unspectacularly flat farmland from Dordrecht to Venlo are frankly one of the few rather dull stretches of the journey.1961 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The "Rheingold" goes via Cologne”, in Trains Illustrated, page 232
    • Brown soured on him soon after his arrival, and Francis played unspectacularly in 24 games, 15 of them as a starter.2007 January 3, Howard Beck, “Knicks’ Francis Is Forgotten, but Not Officially Gone”, in New York Times

Forms of unspectacularly

comparativemore unspectacularly
superlativemost unspectacularly

Origin of unspectacularly

From unspectacular + -ly.

Questions about unspectacularly

What does unspectacularly mean?
Unspectacularly means in an unspectacular manner.
What part of speech is unspectacularly?
Unspectacularly is an adverb.

Words near unspectacularly in the dictionary

  1. unspecious
  2. unspecked
  3. unspeckled
  4. unspectacled
  5. unspectacular
  6. unspectacularly
  7. unspectral
  8. unspeculated
  9. unspeculating
  10. unspeculative
  11. unspeculatively

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