Meanings
adverbuncivilly (comparative more uncivilly, superlative most uncivilly)
comparative more uncivilly · superlative most uncivilly
- In an uncivil manner; discourteously; rudely.
"And what ails my apparel, old man?" said Damian, turning sternly on the huntsman, as one who has been hastily and uncivilly roused from a reverie.
1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume II (The Betrothed), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an uncivil manner
Opposite
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