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[ uhn-kahynd-lee ] / ʌnˈkaɪnd li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unkindly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, un·kind·li·er, un·kind·li·est.not kindly; unkind; ill-natured. inclement or bleak, as weather or climate. unfavorable for crops: unkindly soil. Origin of unkindlyMiddle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at un-1, kindly OTHER WORDS FROM unkindlyun·kind·li·ness, nounWords nearby unkindlyunkempt, unkenned, unkennel, unkind, unkindest cut, unkindly, unknightly, unknit, unknot, unknowable, unknowing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unkindlyIn fact, I once wrote of him most unkindly, in a piece titled " I Can't Stand Lieberman." Lay Off Joe|Tunku Varadarajan|December 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST Rather, they appear to be, to put it unkindly, preening bozos. Blue Dog Bozos|Reihan Salam|July 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST There was mockery in the depths of her eyes, but the scarlet lips arched in a not unkindly smile. A Volunteer with Pike|Robert Ames Bennet All this time, Curdie had to be sorry, without a chance of confessing, that he had behaved so unkindly to the princess. The Princess and the Goblin|George MacDonald
Later, in 1602, he complained to Carew: 'Our two old friends do use me unkindly. Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing "That remains to be seen," replied the butler, not unkindly. The Million Dollar Mystery|Harold MacGrath This with a keen, shrewd, not unkindly glance from beneath the level gray eyebrows. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895|Various
Words related to unkindlyviciously, fiercely, savagely, mercilessly, relentlessly, ferociously, ruthlessly, in cold blood, meanly, murderously, atrociously, barbarically, barbarously, brutishly, callously, demoniacally, diabolically, hardheartedly, heartlessly, inexorably |