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unusably

unusably adverb: in an unusable manner.

Adverb

unusably (comparative more unusably, superlative most unusably)

  1. In an unusable manner.
    • Hydrogenation allowed manufacturers to make a butter substitute that spreads easily even at refrigerator temperature, where butter is unusably hard.2004, Harold McGee, On Food and Cooking

Forms of unusably

comparativemore unusably
superlativemost unusably

Origin of unusably

From unusable + -ly.

Questions about unusably

What does unusably mean?
Unusably means in an unusable manner.
What part of speech is unusably?
Unusably is an adverb.

Words near unusably in the dictionary

  1. unurned
  2. unusability
  3. unusable
  4. unusableness
  5. unusables
  6. unusably
  7. unuse
  8. unuseable
  9. unused
  10. unused to
  11. unusedness

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