unluckily

adverb

un·​luck·​i·​ly ˌən-ˈlə-kə-lē How to pronounce unluckily (audio)
Synonyms of unluckilynext
: unfortunately
unluckily, it has a nasty way of turning to rain— Ambrose Bierce
his ascent being unluckily a little out of the perpendicular— T. L. Peacock

Examples of unluckily in a Sentence

Unluckily for her, it rained that day.
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But unluckily, the hatch was open—so the vessel sank 5,000 feet to the ocean floor. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025 These include his eldest, Frederick (Henry Thomas), a Kendall Roy type and father to the only Usher grandchild, unluckily named Lenore. — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023

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First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unluckily was circa 1530

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