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unsuitably

unsuitably adverb: in an unsuitable manner.

Adverb

unsuitably (comparative more unsuitably, superlative most unsuitably)

  1. In an unsuitable manner.
    • Dearly as he loved to talk, he could not enjoy nor shine in a conversation when he thought himself unsuitably dressed.1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Samuel Pepys”, in Familiar Studies of Men & Books

Forms of unsuitably

comparativemore unsuitably
superlativemost unsuitably

Origin of unsuitably

From unsuitable + -ly.

Questions about unsuitably

What does unsuitably mean?
Unsuitably means in an unsuitable manner.
What part of speech is unsuitably?
Unsuitably is an adverb.

Words near unsuitably in the dictionary

  1. unsuit
  2. unsuitabilities
  3. unsuitability
  4. unsuitable
  5. unsuitableness
  6. unsuitably
  7. unsuited
  8. unsuitedness
  9. unsuiting
  10. unsuits
  11. unsulfated

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