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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
in bad part en · ADP
Meanings
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Unfavourably, with offence, resentfully.
"There's no harm in a kick in the hindquarters when your belly's full," said Captain Nichols, "and personally I never take it in bad part. An officer's got to think about discipline."
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
Antonyms
in good part
Synonyms
in ill part