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unchristianly

unchristianly adverb: in an unchristian way.

Adverb

unchristianly (comparative more unchristianly, superlative most unchristianly)

  1. In an unchristian way.

Adjective

unchristianly (comparative more unchristianly, superlative most unchristianly)

  1. Unchristian.
    • [I]f he perſiſt to be otherwiſe opinion’d, let him well adviſe, left thinking to gripe faſt the Goſpel, he be found in ſtead with the canon law in his fiſt: boiſtrous edicts tyrannizing the bleſſed ordinance of mariage into the quality of a moſt unnatural and unchriſtianly yoke, […]1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC, page 42

Forms of unchristianly

Adverb
comparativemore unchristianly
superlativemost unchristianly
alternative formun-Christianly
Adjective
comparativemore unchristianly
superlativemost unchristianly

Origin of unchristianly

From unchristian + -ly.

From un- + Christianly.

Words formed from unchristianly

Questions about unchristianly

What does unchristianly mean?
Unchristianly means in an unchristian way.
What part of speech is unchristianly?
Unchristianly can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near unchristianly in the dictionary

  1. unchristianized
  2. unchristianizes
  3. unchristianizing
  4. unchristianlike
  5. unchristianliness
  6. unchristianly
  7. unchristianness
  8. unchristlike
  9. unchristlikeness
  10. unchristliness
  11. unchristly

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