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- adverb In an
unfraternal way.
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Examples
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Their history has been lifted to a bad eminence, -- bad for them and the rest of us, -- by the ignorance of the last two millenniums; in reality, that history, sanely understood, and not gathered too much from their own records, amply explains their failings and their virtues, and should leave us not unduly admiring, nor unfraternally the reverse.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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"Curse her!" said the young man, succinctly and unfraternally.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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Harold's entrance, and Dora interrupted the greetings by the query to her cousin, how high he really stood; but he could not tell, and when she unfraternally pressed to know whether it was not nice to be so much taller than Eustace, he replied, "Not on board ship," and then he gave the intelligence that it seemed about to thaw.
My Young Alcides Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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"Beshrew you both!" cried King Edward, unfraternally; "wherever will these fellows ramble with their tongues?
A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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