Meanings
adjectiveunkingly (comparative more unkingly, superlative most unkingly)
comparative more unkingly · superlative most unkingly
- Not kingly.
[…] yet a people is also of God, a part of God, and they may uncrown him, destroy him and cast him forth if he act unkingly.
1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 7
adverbunkingly (not comparable)
- not comparableIn an unkingly manner; not befitting a king.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Middle Englishunkyngly
- Englishunkingly
From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly).
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unkingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unkingly.
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