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

Most of the damage wiped out four watertight compartments, into which 16,000 tons of water gushed, but unluckily the ice pierced two other compartments. —Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025

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

Luckily for him, and unluckily for the cast and crew, real zombies arrive. —Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023

Former college friends Margaret Bellefuil, Jean Albrecht, and Jodi Campbell reunited for a two-day trip to St. Helena that unluckily coincided with the shut-off. —Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 10 Oct. 2019

In Melbourne Nishikori contested three five-setters, then unluckily drew tournament king Djokovic. —Ravi Ubha, CNN, 9 July 2019

And unluckily for Thiem, Nadal is playing his best tennis of the current clay swing. —Ravi Ubha, CNN, 8 June 2019

But unluckily for Michiganders, they're known to travel to states outside of their normal regions. —Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unluckily

• luckily