'Unkindly' definitions:
Definition of 'unkindly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In an unkind manner or with unkindness; "The teacher treats the children unkindly" [ant: kindly]
adjective
Lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly ancts" [syn: unkindly, unsympathetic]
Definition of 'Unkindly'
From: GCIDE
- Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
- 1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful. [1913 Webster]
- He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Unkindly'
From: GCIDE
- Unkindly \Un*kind"ly\, a.
- 1. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] "Unkindly crime." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. --Milton. [1913 Webster]