unfashionably
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5.6
- adverb
- /ʌnˈfæʃənəbli/
:
fuera de moda
- On the other hand, Clarke has his moments of stylish writing, again in a perhaps unfashionably limpid prose.
- unfashionably short
- unfashionably dressed
- unfashionably long hair
Examples
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Unfashionably enough, by some people's standards, I'm religious.
Blog text (7) -
She had rented a one-room furnished apartment near the unfashionably located studio.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her long, very dark hair is unfashionably ponytailed.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her sweaters are beaded, her blouses sometimes embroidered, her skirts unfashionably long.
Fiction book (1997) -
Not many want to be identified as the scholar who society sees as a pasty-skinned, round-shouldered, unfashionably dressed individual who is socially inept due to the unusual amount of time spent in the company of books.
Academic text (2001) -
Nor does he have Mansfield's reputation as a contentious public intellectual, an unfashionably sensible critic of the sixties, feminism, and gay liberation.
Academic text (2000) -
As far as categorizations go, Bellow is unfashionably un-American—a novelist of ideas.
Academic text (1997) -
She chose a unfashionably long dress for the party.
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They served an unfashionably early breakfast at the hotel.
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His haircut was unfashionably outdated compared to current trends.
Synonyms
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5.5
In a clumsy way that is not graceful
In a way that does not look fashionable
In an old-fashioned way that looks untidy
To dress or act in an old-fashioned, untidy way
In a way that looks old and not stylish
Antonyms
How Fashionable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unfashionably = unfashionable (transparent) = un + fashion + able + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'unfashionable' with '-ly' and keeps the same meaning in adverbial form.
Etymology
Unfashionably is built from un- ('not'), fashion (originally 'a way of making or shaping', now 'style') and -ly ('makes it describe how something is done'), so it means 'in a way that is not in style'.