Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an unsatisfactory manner.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an unsatisfactory manner.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in an unsatisfactory manner
Etymologies
- unsatisfactory + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Though the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1980 ended unsatisfactorily from the point of view of U.S. honor, a great power needs to get beyond residual rancors.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Not Another War, Please!
“Taha Balafrej [Fr], recollects his memories of a similar poll held back in June 1997, only to find out unsatisfactorily, that the obstacles to progress that he detected 12 years ago are still standing on the way:”
Global Voices in English » Morocco: Campaigning for the Disenchanted
“There's also something of a reunion theme, as Pulp return to play their hits, and the Strokes pick up where they rather unsatisfactorily left off in 2005.”
“The south facade is a curiously flat and blocky affair, only partly leavened by the awkward, two-bay, single-column upper arcade, the unsatisfactorily cinched lower entablature, the four eccentric little ground-floor windows, and the raised platform supporting it all.”
“Racial abuse between players on the field of play has been an unspoken taboo for too long, an area that has been unsatisfactorily dealt with by English football despite many cases over the past 10 years.”
The Guardian: Liverpool urged to abandon appeal against Luis Suárez's eight-game ban
“Court records show that his probation was terminated unsatisfactorily and that he was sent to jail after a series of violations, including a burglary in Carroll County and a violent confrontation with police in Baltimore County.”
The Washington Post: Md. crime victim sues over denial to renew permit to carry concealed handgun
“Recently, I have been negotiating a claim for some work that was unsatisfactorily done.”
The Huffington Post: Anne Naylor: Igniting an Unspoken Conversation
“The judge sided with the city, saying it had licensed the facility and retained extensive control, including the right to regulate the times and manner of operation and to terminate the license if it found the restaurant was being operated unsatisfactorily.”
The Wall Street Journal: New York to Keep 'Tavern on the Green' Name
“The Post reported acknowledgements by various Pepco officers that their company had performed unsatisfactorily in maintaining service this year and for the past several years.”
“The questions of 'how' and 'why' were unsatisfactorily answered, and "Blue" just didn't seem to receive the attention it deserved.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘unsatisfactorily’.
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Seven-syllable English Words
A list of English words containing seven syllables, beginning, somewhat ironically, with inapplicability, since a fair number of these words one would never use.
I'm tagging all words ...inapplicability, unsatisfactorily, heterogeneity, disintermediation, antiglobalization, telecommunication, interdisciplinary, meteorological, socioeconomic, intelligibility, autobiographical, industrialization and 423 more...
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EN - longest (>15 char) words
contraindications, contradistinction, conventionalising, contextualisation, consubstantiation, constitutionality, constitutionalism, conscientiousness, congregationalist, contemporaneously, contextualization, comprehensibility and 634 more...
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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Words otherwise of note
palinode, discubation, apophasis, agathokakological, lachrymose, superfluous, gerund, serendipity, avuncular, onomatopoeia, chagrin, copacetic and 100 more...
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