un*kind"ly

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.

1.Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Unkindly \Un*kind"ly\, a.

1.Not kindly; unkind; ungracious. [1913 Webster]

2.Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] "Unkindly crime." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3.Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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