Meanings
adverbunstably (comparative more unstably, superlative most unstably)
comparative more unstably · superlative most unstably
- In an unstable manner.
The message from this week’s election – and from the angry, at times overtly sexist and authoritarian rhetoric that Mr. Trump used on the campaign trail – is that America is a deeply, angrily, unstably divided country.
2024 November 7, Ned Temko, “With Trump, ‘America First’ is back. US allies brace for a shock.”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Origin
From unstable + -ly or un- + stably.
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APA
unstably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstably
MLA
“unstably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstably. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstably,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstably.
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