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unkindly
[ uhn-kahynd-lee ]
adjective
- not kindly; unkind; ill-natured.
- inclement or bleak, as weather or climate.
- unfavorable for crops:
unkindly soil.
adverb
- in an unkind manner.
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- un·kindli·ness noun
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Example Sentences
“The whale that will come soon,” a man—I suspect, his father—corrects, not unkindly.
An American general who “wasted” troops was looked on very unkindly by the civilian population and by the troops themselves.
In fact, I once wrote of him most unkindly, in a piece titled " I Can't Stand Lieberman."
Rather, they appear to be, to put it unkindly, preening bozos.
"I did not mean to speak unkindly, Michael," he stammered with a view to apologize.
His thoughts ran on things past; he had spoken unkindly of Sally, behind her back; he had been tipsy—Ah!
His greeting was dignified, but not unkindly; and, on saying “good-night,” he gave Eric a few plain words of affectionate advice.
Mazzini judged the King accurately and not unkindly; but his attitude towards him was lacking in all tact.
That it was no use looking for them; and that he did not care much about leaving them, as he was very unkindly treated.
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