unfairly

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unfairly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unfair \Un*fair"\, a. [AS. unf[ae]ger unlovely. See Un- not,
     and Fair, a.]
     Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or
     involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with
           being in your debt.                      --Swift.
     [1913 Webster] -- Un*fair"ly, adv. -- Un*fair"ness, n.
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unfairly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unfairly
      adv 1: in an unfair manner; "they dealt with him unfairly";
             "their accusations hit below the belt" [syn: unfairly,
             below the belt] [ant: clean, fair, fairly]