Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "infelicitously" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF INFELICITOUSLY

infelicitously  [ˌɪnfɪˈlɪsɪtəslɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFELICITOUSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Infelicitously is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES INFELICITOUSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of infelicitously in the English dictionary

The definition of infelicitously in the dictionary is inappropriately or unsuitably. Other definition of infelicitously is not felicitously; unfortunately.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFELICITOUSLY


calamitously
kəˈlæmɪtəslɪ
circuitously
sɜːˈkjʊɪtəslɪ
covetously
ˈkʌvɪtəslɪ
duplicitously
djuːˈplɪsɪtəslɪ
felicitously
fəˈlɪsɪtəslɪ
fortuitously
fɔːˈtjuːɪtəslɪ
gratuitously
ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəslɪ
iniquitously
ɪnˈɪkwɪtəslɪ
momentously
məʊˈmentəslɪ
necessitously
nɪˈsɛsɪtəslɪ
obviously
ˈɒbvɪəslɪ
portentously
pɔːˈtɛntəslɪ
precipitously
prɪˈsɪpɪtəslɪ
previously
ˈpriːvɪəslɪ
riotously
ˈraɪətəslɪ
routously
ˈraʊtəslɪ
serendipitously
ˌserənˈdɪpɪtəslɪ
seriously
ˈsɪərɪəslɪ
solicitously
səˈlɪsɪtəslɪ
ubiquitously
juːˈbɪkwətəslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFELICITOUSLY

infectively
infectiveness
infectivity
infector
infecund
infecundity
infeft
infeftment
infelicities
infelicitous
infelicity
infelt
infer
inferable
inferably
infere
inference
inferencing
inferential
inferential statistics

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFELICITOUSLY

anonymously
cautiously
consciously
continuously
curiously
dangerously
deliciously
deviously
enormously
famously
generously
graciously
hilariously
marvellously
meticulously
outrageously
ridiculously
simultaneously
tremendously
unanimously
vigorously

Synonyms and antonyms of infelicitously in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «infelicitously» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF INFELICITOUSLY

Find out the translation of infelicitously to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of infelicitously from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «infelicitously» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

infelicitously
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

infelicitously
570 millions of speakers

English

infelicitously
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

infelicitously
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

infelicitously
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

infelicitously
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infelicitously
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

infelicitously
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mal posée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan kejam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

infelicitously
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

infelicitously
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

infelicitously
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Infelicitously
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

infelicitously
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

infelicitously
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

infelicitously
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infelicemente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

infelicitously
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

infelicitously
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

infelicitously
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ατυχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

infelicitously
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

infelicitously
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

infelicitously
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of infelicitously

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFELICITOUSLY»

The term «infelicitously» is normally little used and occupies the 136.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
36
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «infelicitously» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of infelicitously
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «infelicitously».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFELICITOUSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «infelicitously» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «infelicitously» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about infelicitously

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFELICITOUSLY»

Discover the use of infelicitously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to infelicitously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Idea of the American University
infelicitously.”2. 2. “At philosophical conventions dead men make speeches for other dead men, and blind men play pantomimes for other blind men, and this will never prove anything against the intrinsic communicability of philosophic ...
Bradley C. S. Watson, 2010
2
A Grammar of the Idiom of the New Testament
4 6 r6 Efikov, Bis Ace. 9 6 -r1';v aépuyvya, dial. m. 10, 4 (Bhdy. 119), and it has been as fully sanctioned by usage in their case as in the case of the phrases specified above. See 612 1 Some have infelicitously applied this ellipsis to Jno. iii. 25.
Georg Benedikt Winer, Gottlieb Lünemann, Joseph Henry Thayer, 1904
3
A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of ...
Could he give felicity who was so infelicitously worshipped, and who, unless he should be thus worshipped, was yet more infelicitously provoked to anger ? CHAP. 27. — CONCERNING THE THREE KINDS OF GODS ABOUT WHICH THE ...
‎1899
4
The Iraq War and Its Consequences: Thoughts of Nobel Peace ...
Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laureates and Eminent Scholars Irwin Abrams, Gungwu Wang. These examples of performative overuse are not precisely lies. Lies are assertive statements made infelicitously: when a speaker utters something he or ...
Irwin Abrams, Gungwu Wang, 2003
5
The Second International Temperance Congress, Held at ...
This rule, the speaker thought, would hold good in any case, even where the monopoly is vested in the Government, and he cited, soinewhat infelicitously,* several instances, among them the tobacco, powder and salt monopolies.
Gallus Thomann, 1889
6
The Works of Aurelius Augustine: A New Translation
Could he give felicity who was so infelicitously worshipped, and who, unless he should be thus worshipped, was yet more infelicitously provoked to anger ? 27. Concerning the three kinds of gods ahont which the pontiff Scawola has ...
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Marcus Dods, John Richard King, 1881
7
A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the ...
Could he give felicity who was so infelicitously worshipped, and who, unless he should be thus worshipped,' was yet more infelicitously provoked to anger ? CHAP. 27. -— CONCERNING THE THREE KINDS OF GODS ABOUT WHICH THE ...
Philip Schaff, Henry Wace, 1907
8
The City of God
Is it so that he could found, extend, and preserve the Roman empire, who was more vile than any Roman man whatever, to whom such things were displeasing ? Could he give felicity who was so infelicitously worshipped, and who, unless he  ...
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), 1888
9
The City of God
Could he give felicity who was so infelicitously worshipped, and who, unless he should be thus worshipped, was yet more infelicitously provoked to anger? Chapter 27. Concerning the three kinds of gods about which the pontiffScaevola has ...
Saint Augustine, 2004
10
City of God
... wasmorevile thanany Roman man whatever, to whomsuch things were displeasing? Could he give felicity who was so infelicitously worshipped, and who,unlesshe should be thus worshipped, wasyet more infelicitously provoked to anger?
St Augustine, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFELICITOUSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term infelicitously is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Megan McArdle: On labor, Hillary and Jeb mostly agree, wrongly
... keeping them there — did not come in for similar scorn from the people who leaped upon Bush's somewhat infelicitously phrased remark. «The Daily Telegram, Jul 15»
2
Hillary and Jeb Agree, But Are Both Mostly Wrong
... keeping them there — did not come in for similar scorn from the people who leaped upon Bush's somewhat infelicitously phrased remark. «Newsmax, Jul 15»
3
The Other Side of Portraiture
The final section of the Morgan show (infelicitously titled Portraits?) presented “images that stretch the limits of portraiture.” Among these eight ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
4
The Unbearable Awfulness of Campaign Lit
I personally prefer the explanation of the University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato, who infelicitously draws a parallel to China's ... «Reason, Jul 15»
5
Greeks score a point
The referendum question, although infelicitously worded, wasn't all that difficult to understand. It asked whether the troika's most recent terms ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
6
Hillary skewers the Republicans: "What part of democracy are they …
As Republican strategist Scott Tranter infelicitously blurted at a Pew-sponsored forum in December '12, "we want to do everything we can to ... «Newsworks.org, Jun 15»
7
The Missing Forty-Three: The Government's Case Collapses
Despite what probably seemed, to untrained observers, like plausible science, Murillo Karam's infelicitously phrased “historical truth” was met ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
8
CCK: an unhappy birthday
The CCK was born infelicitously and there's no way to unbirth it. And even if its future somehow managed to salvage its clumsy present, nothing ... «Buenos Aires Herald, May 15»
9
On Jim O'Neill, the new 'Northern Powerhouse' supremo
... turns out to be, to run the £6 billion worth of NHS services that will come their way as part of a package infelicitously labelled 'Devo Manc'. «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
10
Ben Carson Versus Marbury v. Madison: The GOP Presidential …
Ben Carson may have been thinking of concerns about “judicial activism” when he infelicitously targeted “judicial review.” Take the results of ... «Above the Law, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Infelicitously [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/infelicitously>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z