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unartistically en · ADV

Etymology

From unartistic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In an unartistic way.
   • He continued in this strain for nearly an hour, mixing up transcendentalism, rationalism, unitarianism, and a number of other isms, so unartistically as to astonish and confound his audience, and give his hearers something to talk about for a week. 1868, Francis Colburn Adams, “The Town Moved with Indignation”, in The Von Toodleburgs; Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family, Philadelpha: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, page 49:
   • The breadth of course is lost in a bas-relief ; though the sculptor has rather unartistically given us three sides in one view. 1867, William Knight, “The Jewish Sacred Vessels”, in The Arch of Titus and the Spoils of the Temple, page 92:
   • Those who desire to study the subject at length, will, no doubt, take the opportunity of consulting Mr. Jesse’s pages, which, we may here remark, will be found to be of very varied interest, and full of agreeable and useful information, though somewhat unartistically put together, and unsatisfactory in plan and arrangement. 1866, “Reviews and Literary Notices”, in The Gentleman's Magazine (new), volume II, page 815:

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