unlovinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlʌvɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənˈləvɪŋli/ In an unloving manner; without love or affection; cruelly, heartlessly.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adverb]
illc1300
accursedlyc1330
hatefullyc1425
unlovingly1512
malignantly1565
manlessly1607
malevolently1613
malefically1652
unbenignly1863
the mind > emotion > love > [adverb] > in an unloving manner
unlovingly1512
lovelessly1616
the mind > emotion > hatred > [adverb] > lacking love
unlovingly1512
1512 W. Knight Let. 4 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. lxii. 197 Thowȝ..the Kings Grace [be]..unlovingli oon sum partise served.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. vi. 299 Vnaduisedly, & I feare vnlouingly we speake what we list.
a1622 N. Byfield Serm. 10 First Verses 3rd Chapter 1st Epist. S. Peter (1626) 4 Will men or women dare say, that Christ and the Church carry themselves so unlovingly, or disorderly one to another, as they doe one to another?
1654 T. Moore Mercies for Men 97 Without..walking unlovingly towards them.
1833 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 58/2 He set about the task of reconstruction neither unwisely nor unlovingly.
1866 B. North Ourselves 3 If I seem..to speak unlovingly.
1922 H. G. Wells Secret Places of Heart viii. 223 You have treated me at times unlovingly.
1970 Press-Courier (Oxnard, Calif.) 8 Feb. 4/1 Condors..have sometimes been unlovingly referred to as ‘glorified vultures’.
2011 Independent (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Arts & Bks. section) 30 The murdered man himself is like so much detritus—crude, puppet-like, and unlovingly flung to one side.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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