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untenably

untenably adverb: in an untenable way.

Adverb

untenably (comparative more untenably, superlative most untenably)

  1. In an untenable way.
    • And there is something ingenious or untenably sneaky about the Disney Channel making movies about teenagers learning to love musicals at a time when it seriously got into the business of making made-for-TV movie musicals.2007 January 10, Ginia Bellafante, “Trading Math Class for Corsets and Minis”, in New York Times

Forms of untenably

comparativemore untenably
superlativemost untenably

Origin of untenably

From untenable + -ly.

Questions about untenably

What does untenably mean?
Untenably means in an untenable way.
What part of speech is untenably?
Untenably is an adverb.

Words near untenably in the dictionary

  1. untemptingness
  2. untenabilities
  3. untenability
  4. untenable
  5. untenableness
  6. untenably
  7. untenacious
  8. untenacity
  9. untenant
  10. untenantability
  11. untenantable

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