the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
adj. Unnatural; contrary to nature.
adj. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Unnatural; contrary to nature.
Unfavorable; malignant.
Not kindly; unkind; ungracious: as, an unkindly manner.
In a manner contrary to nature; unnaturally.
In an unkind manner; without kindness or affection; ungraciously.
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adj. lacking in sympathy and kindness
ad. in an unkind manner or with unkindness
Word Usage
"Its quite plain significance -- to any but those thugs (I do not use the term unkindly) is, that Shakespeare had no prominence while he lived, and none until he had been dead two or three generations."