Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unpleasantly; offensively.
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- adverb In a
displeasant manner.
Etymologies
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displeasant + -ly
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Examples
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He took it, wrote the cardinal to Suffolk, "grievously and displeasantly," not only on account of the Duke's presumption, but of the breach of his promise to
Henry VIII. 1908
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Francis, also, having heard that immediate process was threatened, had written earnestly to deprecate such a measure; [605] and though he took the interference "very displeasantly," [606] the pope could not afford to lose, by premature impatience; the fruit of all his labour and diplomacy, and had yielded so far as to promise that nothing of moment should be done.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856
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