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unheartily en · ADV

Etymology

From un- + hearty + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a manner that is not hearty.
   • He had such care and attention as could be given him, and it was given by no means grudgingly or unheartily. 1871, F. L., “Wafted Seeds”, in The Month, volume 14, page 149:
   • She now laughed, and not unheartily, at Miriam's humorous teasings that the two of them would soon be grandmothers. 1994, Abubakar Gimba, Sacred Apples, page 295:
   • "I know it," she replied, but it was still unheartily. 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Prince Otto:
   • Earl laughed after the others, unheartily but genially. 1959, Lenore Marshall, The hill is level, page 136:

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