unkindly

Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: unsympathetic

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. lacking in sympathy and kindness“unkindly acts”Synonyms: unsympatheticOpposite kindSimilar unkind

Adverb (1)

  1. in an unkind manner or with unkindness“The teacher treats the children unkindly”Opposite kindlyFrom unkind
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Un·kind′ly adjective

1. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.

2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. obsolete “Unkindly crime.” Edmund Spenser

3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. John Milton

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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