Unkindredly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not befitting kindred or family.

    "What an implacable, as well as unjust, ſet of wretches are thoſe of her unkindredly kin; who have money of hers in their hands, as well as large arrears of her own eſtate; yet withhold both, avowedly to diſtreſs her!"

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"What an implacable, as well as unjust, ſet of wretches are thoſe of her unkindredly kin; who have money of hers in their hands, as well as large arrears of her own eſtate; yet withhold both, avowedly to diſtreſs her!"

Etymology

From un- + kindredly.

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