Unkindly

//ʌnˈkaɪndli//

Synonyms for "unkindly" (16 found)

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Middle English

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  • unkyndely adj (not kind)
  • unkyndely adv (in an unkind manner)

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These stories are as old as anything that men have invented. They were narrated by naked savage women to naked savage children. They have been inherited by our earliest civilised ancestors, who really believed that beasts and trees and stones can talk if they choose, and behave kindly or unkindly. The stories are full of the oldest ideas of ages when science did not exist, and magic took the place of science.

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My older brother was treated unkindly.

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It’s tough when someone I care about treats me unkindly.

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Preceded by the beadle, and attended by an irregular procession of stern-browed men and unkindly visaged women, Hester Prynne set forth towards the place appointed for her punishment.

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