unhandsomely

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adverb

In an unhandsome manner.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adverbunhandsomely (comparative more unhandsomely, superlative most unhandsomely)

comparative more unhandsomely · superlative most unhandsomely

  1. In an unhandsome manner.

    McClellan at once wrote that he should continue to "work just as cheerfully as before;" but he felt that the removal was very unhandsomely made just as he was entering upon active operations.

    1899, John T. Morse, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I.
    1 more example

    And Rudolph Musgrave, knowing that according to his lights he had behaved not unhandsomely, was the merest trifle patronizing and rather like a person speaking from a superior plane in his future dealings with Patricia.

    1915, James Branch Cabell, The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck

Origin

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APA

unhandsomely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhandsomely

MLA

“unhandsomely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhandsomely. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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