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unhumanly

unhumanly adverb: in an unhuman manner.

Adverb

unhumanly (comparative more unhumanly, superlative most unhumanly)

  1. In an unhuman manner.
    • MacDonald was tall; some trick of the night made him appear almost unhumanly tall as he stood in the centre of that tiny moonlit amphitheatre.1915, James Oliver Curwood, The Hunted Woman
    • A grim meaning rose in the vacuous eye of Lovel; Isaacs caressed his diamond pin, smiling in a sickly fashion; McNamara's wandering stare fixed and grew unhumanly bright; Ufert openly dropped his hand on his gun-butt and stood sullenly defiant.1919, Max Brand, Trailin'!

Forms of unhumanly

comparativemore unhumanly
superlativemost unhumanly

Origin of unhumanly

From unhuman + -ly or un- + humanly.

Questions about unhumanly

What does unhumanly mean?
Unhumanly means in an unhuman manner.
What part of speech is unhumanly?
Unhumanly is an adverb.

Words near unhumanly in the dictionary

  1. unhumanize
  2. unhumanized
  3. unhumanizes
  4. unhumanizing
  5. unhumanlike
  6. unhumanly
  7. unhumanness
  8. unhumans
  9. unhumble
  10. unhumbled
  11. unhumbledness

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