ungenially
ungenially adverb: in an ungenial manner.
Adverb
ungenially (comparative more ungenially, superlative most ungenially)
- In an ungenial manner.
- The sun glared ungenially at that blot upon the waters, breeding infectious disease; the waves flung the hated burden from one to the other, disdainful of her freight of sin; the winds had no commission for fair sailing, but whistled through the rigging crossways, howling in the ears of many in...1851, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Heart
- Very many thousand times above Dudley Sowerby, Nataly ranked Dartrey Fenellan; and still she looked at him, where he sat beside Nesta, ungenially, critical of the very features, jealously in the interests of Dudley; and recollecting, too, that she had once prayed for one exactly resembling Dartrey...1897, George Meredith, One of Our Conquerors, Complete
Forms of ungenially
| comparative | more ungenially |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ungenially |
Origin of ungenially
From ungenial + -ly.
Questions about ungenially
- What does ungenially mean?
- Ungenially means in an ungenial manner.
- What part of speech is ungenially?
- Ungenially is an adverb.
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