Unfairly

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner that is unfair.

    "The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an unfair manner wordnet

Synonyms

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below beltbelow the beltinexcusablypartiallyunevenlyunjustly

Example

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"George III has been unfairly maligned by historians."

Etymology

From unfair + -ly or un- + fairly.

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