ungenerouslyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsli/, U.S. /ˌənˈdʒɛn(ə)rəsli/ (un- prefix1 5; cf. ungenerous adj.)
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb]
uncharitablyc1386
meanly1602
scurvily1616
meana1626
ungenerously1722
unsportinglya1974
1722 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 676 People very ungenerously take more liberty with him when he is not to answer for himself.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iii. ii I am ever ungenerously fretful.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. iii. 29 Charles..felt that the Commons had ungenerously used him.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xvi. 718 Halifax, who had..been ungenerously and ungratefully persecuted by the Whigs.
1895 Daily News 29 May 3/6 [The horse] running ungenerously towards the finish, he was headed in the last few strides by Boxer.
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adv.1722- throw wheel
- throw, put, one's weight behind
- throw-away-the-key
- throw-bait
- throw-crank
- throw-crook
- throw-disc
- throw-forward
- throw-in
- throw-lathe
- throw-line
- throw-net
- throw-off
- throw-out
- throw-out line
- throw-over
- throw-over relay
- throw-over switch
- throw-stick
- throw-style
- throw-type
- throw-up
- throw-weight
- throwable
- throwabout