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Meaning of "unhandily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNHANDILY

unhandily  [ʌnˈhændɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNHANDILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unhandily 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 UNHANDILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unhandily in the English dictionary

The definition of unhandily in the dictionary is in a clumsy or awkward manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNHANDILY


bodily
ˈbɒdɪlɪ
dandily
ˈdændɪlɪ
dilli
ˈdɪlɪ
dilly
ˈdɪlɪ
giddily
ˈɡɪdɪlɪ
greedily
ˈɡriːdɪlɪ
handily
ˈhændɪlɪ
moodily
ˈmuːdɪlɪ
Piccadilly
ˌpɪkəˈdɪlɪ
randily
ˈrændɪlɪ
readily
ˈrɛdɪlɪ
shoddily
ˈʃɒdɪlɪ
speedily
ˈspiːdɪlɪ
steadily
ˈstɛdɪlɪ
tardily
ˈtɑːdɪlɪ
tidily
ˈtaɪdɪlɪ
trendily
ˈtrendɪlɪ
unsteadily
ʌnˈstedɪlɪ
windily
ˈwɪndɪlɪ
woundily
ˈwuːndɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNHANDILY

unhackneyed
unhailed
unhair
unhairer
unhallow
unhallowed
unhalsed
unhalved
unhampered
unhand
unhandiness
unhandled
unhandsome
unhandsomely
unhandsomeness
unhandy
unhang
unhanged
unhappier
unhappiest

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNHANDILY

bawdily
beadily
bloodily
cloudily
dowdily
foolhardily
gaudily
hardily
headily
muddily
needily
reedily
rowdily
ruddily
seedily
shadily
unreadily
untidily
weedily
wordily

Synonyms and antonyms of unhandily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unhandily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNHANDILY

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

Translator English - Chinese

unhandily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unhandily
570 millions of speakers

English

unhandily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unhandily
380 millions of speakers
ar

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unhandily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unhandily
278 millions of speakers

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unhandily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unhandily
260 millions of speakers

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unhandily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan sendirinya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unhandlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unhandily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unhandily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unhandily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unhandily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unhandily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उघड न बोलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unhandily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unhandily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unhandily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unhandily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unhandily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unhandily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onhandig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unhandily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unhandily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unhandily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNHANDILY»

The term «unhandily» is used very little and occupies the 157.583 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNHANDILY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNHANDILY»

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1
A New Method of Learning to Read, Write and Speak a Language ...
I go about it the right way. How does your brother manage to do that? Skilfully, handily, dexterously, cleverly. Awkwardly, unhandily, badly. T0 forbid. I forbid you to do that. To lower. To cast down one's eyes. The curtain. The curtain rises, falls.
Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff, 1843
2
A New Voyage and Description of the Jsthmus of America. 2. ...
... Beads, which ' are but of little value: Since thC'French Pyrates have been amongst them , they have learnt how to make use of fire Armes, but very unhandily : Don Pedro hada very good Gun and Hanger, and two Or three more of the.
Lionel Wafer, 1704
3
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary:: In Two ...
Cbaue. AUK [Epesfm Sex] unhandy, AUK'WARD untoward. AUKlWARDLY, unhandily. AUK/WARDNESS, the being ankwardAUL/CASTER [of the River Aln, A'olences-seen, Sax. i. t. a perfect City] a Town in War-wiekjbin. AULD said. Saxjj old.
Nathan Bailey, 1773
4
The Works of Thomas Carlyle
St. Agnes Day falls but unhandily this year ; and I think the Fair will, as they say, ausbleiben, or not be held. Neisse is a Nest of Priests {Pfaffen-Nesf), says Friedrich once ; which came in this way. About 600 years ago, an [I2th-i5th Jan.
Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, 2010
5
A New Method of Learning to Read, Write and Speak the German ...
Awkwardly , unhandily. He should have managed the thing better than he has done. You should have managed the thing differently. They ought to have managed it as I have done. We ought to have managed it differently from what they did.
Heinrich Gottfried Ollendorff, 1840
6
Gladiator
When most of his companions were finding their way into the mysteries of sex both unhandily and with much turmoil, he learned well and abnormally. It became a part of his secret self. Another barrier to the level of the society that surrounded  ...
Philip Wylie, 2009
7
Collected Verse of Rudyard Kipling
Loud sang the souls of the jolly, jolly mariners, Plucking at their harps, and they plucked unhandily: " Our thumbs are rough and tarred, And the tune is something hard — May we lift a Deepsea Chantey such as seamen use at sea? " Then said  ...
Rudyard Kipling, 2007
8
High Cheekbones, Pouty Lips, Tight Jeans
Great Eliza-crossing-the-ice scene in a log jam with the city boy detective whuffing and lurching unhandily in a world clearly alien to him from log to log until... Meanwhile, Ellie Burr (Her name, “burr,” describes her insistent pursuit of truth and ...
Alan Farrell, 2007
9
Constructing a World: Shakespeare's England and the New ...
Kemp said, doubtess, that he had been in the profession before most c them were wiped, and as for Shakespaw here, butcher's boy hence Nc Without Mustard, had he not taught him all he knew while he was sti unhandily botching plays for ...
Martha Tuck Rozett, 2012
10
A Certain Dr. Thorndyke
The fellow was not taking his duties very seriously, for he was seated on the grating unhandily filling his pipe and letting the ship steer herself; which she did well enough, if direction was of no consequence, the light breeze being a couple of ...
R. Austin Freeman, 2001

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNHANDILY»

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The Latchmere - restaurant review
It is also in one of Battersea's ugliest settings, on a congested corner fed by a fraught one-way system, unhandily far from the local mainline stations. I've known ... «Evening Standard, Jul 14»
2
New book reveals Lord Of The Flies author William Golding's own …
'I tried unhandily to rape her,' confessed her assailant later, describing how he shook her and screamed: 'Hold your row, you silly little bitch.' Eventually, he ... «Daily Mail, Aug 09»
3
Lord of the Flies author admitted attempt to rape teen
Soon they were "wrestling like enemies" as he "tried unhandily to rape her". But she resisted and Golding, all those years later, wrote that "he had made such a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 09»
4
Author of 'Lord of the Flies' Admits He Tried to Rape Girl
Soon they were “wrestling like enemies” as he “tried unhandily to rape her”. But she resisted and Golding, all those years later, wrote that “he had made such a ... «FOXNews, Aug 09»

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