Meanings
comparative more unhumanly · superlative most unhumanly
- In an unhuman manner.
MacDonald was tall; some trick of the night made him appear almost unhumanly tall as he stood in the centre of that tiny moonlit amphitheatre.
1915, James Oliver Curwood, The Hunted Woman1 more example
A grim meaning rose in the vacuous eye of Lovel; Isaacs caressed his diamond pin, smiling in a sickly fashion; McNamara's wandering stare fixed and grew unhumanly bright; Ufert openly dropped his hand on his gun-butt and stood sullenly defiant.
1919, Max Brand, Trailin'!
Origin
From unhuman + -ly or un- + humanly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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