unkindly

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʌnˈkaɪndli/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English unkyndely, from Old English unġecyndelīċ; equivalent to un- +‎ kindly (adjective). ==== Adjective ==== unkindly (comparative more unkindly, superlative most unkindly) Not kindly. Not kind, lacking in friendliness, warm-heartedness or sympathy. (archaic) Rough, unfavourable, bad. (obsolete) Unnatural, contrary to the natural or proper order of things. 1678, Robert Sanderson, Nine Cases of Conscience Occasionally Determined, London: H. Brome et al., p. 128,[3] […] the want of mercy in a Father, is more unkindly, more unseemly, more unnatural than in another man […] ===== Derived terms ===== unkindliness ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English unkyndely, from Old English unġecyndelīċe; equivalent to un- +‎ kindly (adverb) or unkind +‎ -ly. ==== Adverb ==== unkindly (comparative more unkindly, superlative most unkindly) In an unkind manner. (obsolete) In an unnatural manner. ===== Antonyms ===== kindly ===== Translations ===== === References ===