unfairly en · ADV
Etymology
From unfair + -ly or un- + fairly.
Meanings
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In a manner that is unfair.
As a result, many Black people remained unfairly enslaved and indentured in the so-called free territory. This was not legal slavery (also known as de jure slavery), but slavery in practice (de facto slavery).
2022, Mary Elise Antoine, Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800–1850, Wisconsin Historical Society, →ISBN:The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unfairly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unfairly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |