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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unkingly en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly).

Meanings

  1. Not kingly.
    • […] yet a people is also of God, a part of God, and they may uncrown him, destroy him and cast him forth if he act unkingly. 1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 7:

Forms

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most unkingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unkingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

kingly

Deriveds

unkingliness

Relateds

kingly · king · kingdom

unkingly en · ADV

Etymology

From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In an unkingly manner; not befitting a king.