unluckily

adverb

un·​luck·​i·​ly ˌən-ˈlə-kə-lē 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Luckily — or maybe unluckily — the camp’s warden, a hardbitten guy with an oily smile named Clancy (Russell Crowe, hardbitten, smiley, and oily), takes a liking to Murphy. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

The government is not some company unluckily plagued by incompetent executives. — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 19 May 2026

Despite being the better team by all accounts, her first foray in the German top-flight unluckily ended with a 2-1 loss to Die Wölfe. — Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026

Luckily, or unluckily, depending on one’s perspective, Mayci is not allowed to let the situation lie for long. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unluckily

• luckily