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unkindredly

unkindredly adjective: not befitting kindred or family.

Adjective

unkindredly (comparative more unkindredly, superlative most unkindredly)

  1. Not befitting kindred or family.
    • What an implacable, as well as unjust, ſet of wretches are thoſe of her unkindredly kin; who have money of hers in their hands, as well as large arrears of her own eſtate; yet withhold both, avowedly to diſtreſs her!1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VI, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 212

Forms of unkindredly

comparativemore unkindredly
superlativemost unkindredly

Origin of unkindredly

From un- + kindredly.

Questions about unkindredly

What does unkindredly mean?
Unkindredly means not befitting kindred or family.
What part of speech is unkindredly?
Unkindredly is an adjective.

Words near unkindredly in the dictionary

  1. unkindling
  2. unkindly
  3. unkindness
  4. unkindnesses
  5. unkindred
  6. unkindredly
  7. unking
  8. unkingdom
  9. unkinged
  10. unkinging
  11. unkingliest

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