unpleasantly
adverb
unpleasantly is spelled U-N-P-L-E-A-S-A-N-T-L-Y: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, unpleasantly means “In an unpleasant manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unpleasantly?
| Letters | 12: U-N-P-L-E-A-S-A-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unpleasantly?
Unpleasantly appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 unpleasantly?
Unpleasantly has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unpleasantly
- more unpleasantly comparative
- most unpleasantly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unpleasantly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In an unpleasant manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unpleasantly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an unpleasant manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | desagradavelmente |
| Spanish | desagradablemente |
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 unpleasantly come from?
From unpleasant + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).