"unkindly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ʌnˈkaɪndli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unkindly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more unkindly [comparative], most unkindly [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + kindly. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|kindly#Adjective|alt2=kindly}} un- + kindly Head templates: {{en-adj}} unkindly (comparative more unkindly, superlative most unkindly)
  1. Not kindly.
    Not kind, lacking in friendliness, warm-heartedness or sympathy.
    Sense id: en-unkindly-en-adj-n9EjCozj Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 33 33 33
  2. Not kindly.
    (archaic) Rough, unfavourable, bad.
    Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-unkindly-en-adj-Y4ZZh45X Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 33 33 33
  3. Not kindly.
    (obsolete) Unnatural, contrary to the natural or proper order of things.
    Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-unkindly-en-adj-BuCQh-ET Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English terms prefixed with un-, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 28 46 1 1 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 25 25 49 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 25 25 45 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unkindliness
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ʌnˈkaɪndli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unkindly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more unkindly [comparative], most unkindly [superlative]
Etymology: From unkind + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unkind|ly}} unkind + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} unkindly (comparative more unkindly, superlative most unkindly)
  1. In an unkind manner.
    Sense id: en-unkindly-en-adv-WVeqCv-a
  2. (obsolete) In an unnatural manner. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-unkindly-en-adv-DEYmJb27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unkindly meaning in English (5.3kB)

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