unluckily
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- adverb
- /ʌnˈlʌkɪli/
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desafortunadamente
- If, unluckily for them, the first child is a girl, they certainly keep trying for a son.
So then the But suppose unluckily for you, every time IBM goes up, the dollar weakens against the pound.
- So then the But suppose unluckily for you, every time IBM goes up, the dollar weakens against the pound.
Examples
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Unluckily for the newlyweds, the hotel was converted into a time-share within months of their July '83 nuptials.
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Unluckily, however, she met her husband in the doorway.
Academic text (2016) -
This school is unluckily overrun by bugs.
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She had gambled with marriage, just like most people, but she had gambled unluckily and had lost.
Fiction book (1990) -
Unluckily for me, she was overcome with curiosity to know what was hidden in the elegant curls of Larissa's script.
Fiction book (1993) -
Unluckily, Lady Manwaring also wormed out of her husband's servant that Manwaring visited you in private.
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This man lent me his boat, but alas, unluckily, one ewe gave birth to a lamb in the boat, and now this scoundrel is demanding it for himself.
Fiction book (1998) -
Unluckily, one of the players then stepped forward to present him with a Stanley Cup sweater.
Synonyms
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Shows that something is sad or unlucky
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In an unlucky way, often without success
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In a way that makes success seem unlikely
In an unlucky way that causes things to go wrong
Antonyms
How Lucky
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unluckily is made of un- ('not'), luck ('good luck') and -ly ('in a way'). So unluckily means 'in a way that has no luck', or simply 'by bad luck'.