Definitions

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  • adverb In an unwanted manner.

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  • adverb in an undesirable manner

Etymologies

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unwanted +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Oh well, call me John, the Dtown tag is silly anyway and ties me slightly but unnecessarily and unwantedly (?) to C.Mass, also from Denver-town (the bad part haha, sucka).

    Slick and Attired: Wearing Whatever You Want BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Guard was an experienced, highly attractive, highly sensual man; there must have been women -- or a woman -- in his life to whom he had been emotionally as well as physically attracted and somehow, subtly, with his response to her own outburst, he had made her unwantedly aware of that fact.

    Unwanted Wedding Jordan, Penny 1995

  • It had hit him so unexpectedly, so unwantedly, | this need for her, this desire, this overwhelming tide of emotion and hunger.

    Payment Due Jordan, Penny, 1946- 1991

  • It had hit him so unexpectedly, so unwantedly, | this need for her, this desire, this overwhelming tide of emotion and hunger.

    Payment Due Jordan, Penny, 1946- 1991

  • Somehow, I unwantedly blame her for our break up (for not trying hard enough to make our relationship work).

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Unless you are established enough to have a devoted fanbase, you may alienate your barely together audience by unwantedly bombarding them with more music before they're ready.

    Prefix 2010

  • But while Tevez, Ireland, and de Jong all showed their allegiances in an unwantedly public manner, fellow teammate Gareth Barry, who plays with Terry on the England team, just as noticeably did not wear such a shirt.

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News 2010

  • Bear in mind that by no means could the iPilule developpers be held reponsable in case you'd skip a pill and ended up unwantedly pregnant.

    MacMegasite 2009

  • My mouse moves unwantedly when a start charging my laptop. what should i do?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • (from dictionary. com – meddle: to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly)

    Dems seize on 5 year anniversary of 'Mission Accomplished' speech 2008

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