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disinterestedly

UK /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪdli/adverb

disinterestedly is spelled D-I-S-I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D-L-Y: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, disinterestedly means “In a disinterested manner; impartially, dispassionately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in disinterestedly?

Letters15: D-I-S-I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D-L-Y
In writingabout once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is disinterestedly?

Disinterestedly appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce disinterestedly?

  • UK /dɪsˈɪnt(ə)ɹɛstɪdli/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of disinterestedly

  • more disinterestedly comparative
  • most disinterestedly superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does disinterestedly mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    In a disinterested manner; impartially, dispassionately.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Disinterestedly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense in a disinterested manner:

LanguageWords
Portuguesedesinteressadamente
Spanishdesinteresadamente

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does disinterestedly come from?

From disinterested + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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