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unamiably

/ʌnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bli/

unamiably adverb: in an unamiable manner.

Adverb

unamiably (comparative more unamiably, superlative most unamiably)

  1. In an unamiable manner.
    • 'She ain't strong, an' don't eat much' was his loud excuse to Mina, unamiably watching both, and disappointed at Nungi's giving in.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 263
    • Towards Larry O'Rourke, in shirtsleeves in his doorway, he growled unamiably.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 216
    Synonyms:
    inamiably

Synonyms of unamiably

Forms of unamiably

comparativemore unamiably
superlativemost unamiably

Origin of unamiably

From unamiable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of inamiably, inamicably, inimicably, and unamicably.

Questions about unamiably

What does unamiably mean?
Unamiably means in an unamiable manner.
What part of speech is unamiably?
Unamiably is an adverb.
How do you pronounce unamiably?
Unamiably is pronounced /ʌnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bli/.

Words near unamiably in the dictionary

  1. unamericanized
  2. Unami
  3. unamiability
  4. unamiable
  5. unamiableness
  6. unamiably
  7. unamicability
  8. unamicable
  9. unamicably
  10. unamidated
  11. UNAMIR

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