Unpleasantly

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an unpleasant manner.

    "The sinister face of Dr. Bauerstein recurred to me unpleasantly. A vague suspicion of everyone and everything filled my mind. Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an unpleasant manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
amicablydistastefullyunagreeably

Example

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"I was unpleasantly surprised to find that Tom was, in fact, a raving lunatic."

Etymology

From unpleasant + -ly.

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