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unhandsomely en · ADV

Etymology

From unhandsome + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an unhandsome manner.
   • And Rudolph Musgrave, knowing that according to his lights he had behaved not unhandsomely, was the merest trifle patronizing and rather like a person speaking from a superior plane in his future dealings with Patricia. 1915, James Branch Cabell, The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck:
   • McClellan at once wrote that he should continue to "work just as cheerfully as before;" but he felt that the removal was very unhandsomely made just as he was entering upon active operations. 1899, John T. Morse, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I.:

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