unkindly

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unkindly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Unkindly \Un*kind"ly\, a.
     1. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
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     2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] "Unkindly crime."
        --Spenser.
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     3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. --Milton.
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  Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
     1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
        kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations."
        --Chaucer.
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     2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
        the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
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              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.
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unkindly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  unkindly
      adv 1: in an unkind manner or with unkindness; "The teacher
             treats the children unkindly" [ant: kindly]
      adj 1: lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly ancts" [syn:
             unkindly, unsympathetic]