unfortunately

1. 1.

   by bad luck

   “unfortunately it rained all day”

   “alas, I cannot stay”

   Synonymsunluckilyregrettablyalas

   Antonymsfortunately

Questions about unfortunately

What does unfortunately mean?

unfortunately means "by bad luck".

How many syllables are in unfortunately?

unfortunately has 5 syllables: un-for-tuna-te-ly. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ənˈfɔɹtʃənətli/.

What is another word for unfortunately?

Close synonyms include unluckily, regrettably, alas. 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.

What is the opposite of unfortunately?

The recorded antonyms are fortunately.

Is unfortunately a common word?

unfortunately is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unfortunately?

1 word rhymes with unfortunately. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.