Unhandsomely

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an unhandsome manner.

    "McClellan at once wrote that he should continue to "work just as cheerfully as before;" but he felt that the removal was very unhandsomely made just as he was entering upon active operations."

Example

More examples

"McClellan at once wrote that he should continue to "work just as cheerfully as before;" but he felt that the removal was very unhandsomely made just as he was entering upon active operations."

Etymology

From unhandsome + -ly.

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