Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not kindly; unkind.
- adv. In an unkind manner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Unnatural; contrary to nature.
- Unfavorable; malignant.
- Not kindly; unkind; ungracious: as, an unkindly manner.
- In a manner contrary to nature; unnaturally.
- In an unkind manner; without kindness or affection; ungraciously.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an unkind manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
- adj. obsolete Unnatural; contrary to nature.
- adj. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. lacking in sympathy and kindness
- adv. in an unkind manner or with unkindness
Etymologies
- unkind + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Its quite plain significance -- to any but those thugs (I do not use the term unkindly) is, that Shakespeare had no prominence while he lived, and none until he had been dead two or three generations.”
“-- to any but those thugs (I do not use the term unkindly) is, that”
“No nice, normal-minded person could remember, or morbidly want to remember, the name unkindly given by Julius Cæsar to Noyon, when he had besieged it.”
“Sometimes referred to unkindly as the grande horizontale, Princess Marthe Bibesco was beautiful, talented, intelligent, and “knew” everybody in Europe from royals to politicos.”
“Though you do not let the boys bully me, yet if you treat me unkindly, that is to me a great deal worse.”
“The court said that even in a state that still looks "unkindly" on thievery in a $15 billion industry - and noting it used to be the kind of thing settled with a rope over a tree limb - such a large damages award was too much and should be recalculated to something more”
“AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday struck down a $1.25 million jury award in a case involving a ranching feud, a drought and wandering cattle improperly sold for about state that still looks "unkindly" on thievery in a $15 billion industry - and noting it used to be the kind of thing settled with a rope over a tree limb - such a large damages award was too much and should be recalculated to something more "modest.”
“unkindly" on thievery in a $15 billion industry that in the old days might have been settled with a rope over a tree limb.”
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“FIA Presidential candidate John Todt has, rather unkindly, been dubbed Jean Toad by his enemies.”
“Ebell, somewhat unkindly, reminds us not to "forget Newt Gingrich's television ad with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on behalf of Al Gore's We Can Solve It campaign to enact cap-and-trade and other energy-rationing policies.”
The Washington Post: Even Obama mega-bundlers must play nice
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