unctuously

1. 1.

   in an unctuous manner

   Synonymssmarmilyfulsomely

Questions about unctuously

What does unctuously mean?

unctuously means "in an unctuous manner".

How many syllables are in unctuously?

unctuously has 4 syllables: unc-tu-ou-sly. The stress falls on "tu".

What is another word for unctuously?

Close synonyms include smarmily, fulsomely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unctuously a common word?

unctuously 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.