What does unhappily mean?

unhappily means "in an unpleasant way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unhappily?

unhappily has 4 syllables: un-hap-pi-ly. The stress falls on "hap". In IPA it is /ənˈhæpəli/.

What is another word for unhappily?

Close synonyms include sadly. 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 unhappily?

The recorded antonyms are happily.

Is unhappily a common word?

unhappily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 unhappily?

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

Unhappily — meaning, pronunciation and 2 senses

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in an unpleasant way
“they were unhappily married”
Antonymshappily
2.
in an unfortunate way
“sadly he died before he could see his grandchild”
Synonymssadly

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What does unhappily mean?: unhappily means "in an unpleasant way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in unhappily?: unhappily has 4 syllables: un-hap-pi-ly. The stress falls on "hap". In IPA it is /ənˈhæpəli/.
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