unlovingly

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adverb

In an unloving manner; without giving love.

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Meanings

adverbunlovingly (comparative more unlovingly, superlative most unlovingly)

comparative more unlovingly · superlative most unlovingly

  1. In an unloving manner; without giving love.

    Alack! The alien of the sea, Keen iron, fire's own child, With bitter blows, unlovingly Their quarrel reconciled;

    1922, “The Seven against Thebes”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 152

Origin

From unloving + -ly.

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APA

unlovingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlovingly

MLA

“unlovingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlovingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlovingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlovingly.

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