ungeniallyadv.
(un- prefix1 5; cf. ungenial adj.)
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adverb]
crabbedlya1420
cursedly1430
currishly1519
thrawnlya1522
crustily1578
scurvily1608
shrewishlya1616
doggedly?c1663
ungenially1858
crankily1864
ill-naturedly1865
cantankerously1868
dourly1871
grumpily1882
1814 F. Burney Let. 4 Sept. (1978) VII. 457 O drive, as fast as you can, this W[illia]m L[ocke] who has broken so ungenially upon your happiness, from your mind.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. iii. 609 The Crown-Prince reports to Papa, in a satirical vein, not ungenially.
1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 85 He shows himself ungenially observant and contemptuously studious of his models.
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