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ungratefully

ungratefully adverb: in an ungrateful manner, done in a way lacking gratitude.

Adverb

ungratefully (comparative more ungratefully, superlative most ungratefully)

  1. In an ungrateful manner, done in a way lacking gratitude.
    • Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […]1854, Robert Aitken, The teaching of the types, page 99

Forms of ungratefully

comparativemore ungratefully
superlativemost ungratefully

Origin of ungratefully

From ungrateful + -ly or un- + gratefully.

Questions about ungratefully

What does ungratefully mean?
Ungratefully means in an ungrateful manner, done in a way lacking gratitude.
What part of speech is ungratefully?
Ungratefully is an adverb.

Words near ungratefully in the dictionary

  1. ungrassed
  2. ungrassy
  3. ungrate
  4. ungrated
  5. ungrateful
  6. ungratefully
  7. ungratefulness
  8. ungratefuls
  9. ungratifiable
  10. ungratified
  11. ungratifying

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