unseemlily en · ADV
Etymology
From unseemly + -ly.
Meanings
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In an unseemly manner.
My eyes glisten unseemlily I know, and I grab and pounce with disgusting greed. But my husband is a small clerk in a bank; I have only fifteen pounds a year […]
1931, Virginia Woolf, The London scene:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unseemlily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unseemlily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |