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unkingly

unkingly adjective: not kingly.

Adjective

unkingly (comparative more unkingly, superlative most unkingly)

  1. Not kingly.
    • […] yet a people is also of God, a part of God, and they may uncrown him, destroy him and cast him forth if he act unkingly.1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 7

Adverb

unkingly (not comparable)

  1. In an unkingly manner; not befitting a king.

Antonyms of unkingly

Forms of unkingly

comparativemore unkingly
superlativemost unkingly

Origin of unkingly

From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly).

Words formed from unkingly

Questions about unkingly

What does unkingly mean?
Unkingly means not kingly.
What part of speech is unkingly?
Unkingly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near unkingly in the dictionary

  1. unkinged
  2. unkinging
  3. unkingliest
  4. unkinglike
  5. unkingliness
  6. unkingly
  7. unkings
  8. unkingship
  9. unkink
  10. unkinkable
  11. unkinked

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