unsmilingly

1. 1.

   without smile; in an unsmiling manner

   “unsmilingly, he greeted his in-laws”

   Antonymssmilingly

Questions about unsmilingly

What does unsmilingly mean?

unsmilingly means "without smile; in an unsmiling manner".

How many syllables are in unsmilingly?

unsmilingly has 4 syllables and divides as un-smi-lin-gly 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 unsmilingly?

The recorded antonyms are smilingly.

Is unsmilingly a common word?

unsmilingly 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.