self-consciously

1. 1.

   in an uncomfortably self-conscious manner

   “the little girl self-consciously recited the poem”

   Antonymsunselfconsciously

Questions about self-consciously

What does self-consciously mean?

self-consciously means "in an uncomfortably self-conscious manner".

How many syllables are in self-consciously?

self-consciously has 5 syllables and divides as self--con-sci-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of self-consciously?

The recorded antonyms are unselfconsciously.

Is self-consciously a common word?

self-consciously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.