unkindly
Adjective Satellite
- lacking in sympathy and kindness
- "unkindly ancts"
Adverb
- In an unsympathetic, harsh, or ill-natured manner.
- in an unkind manner or with unkindness
- "The teacher treats the children unkindly"
Adj
- Not kindly.
- Not kind, lacking in friendliness, warm-heartedness or sympathy.
- Not kindly.
- Rough, unfavourable, bad.
- Not kindly.
- Unnatural, contrary to the natural or proper order of things.
Adv
- In an unkind manner.
- In an unnatural manner.
Examples
- He spoke unkindly of his Scrabble opponent’s poor word choices.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English unkyndely; equivalent to un- + kindly (adjective). Compare Old English unġecyndelīċ.
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Scrabble Score: 16
unkindly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunkindly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unkindly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
unkindly: valid Words With Friends Word