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unlovably

unlovably adverb: in an unlovable manner.

Adverb

unlovably (comparative more unlovably, superlative most unlovably)

  1. In an unlovable manner.
    • One night at a party at Irene and Bob Lowry's home Denis Glover, visiting town, was at his most unlovably provoking.1987, Greville Texidor, Kendrick Smithyman, In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say a Lot: Selected Fiction, page 18
    • When you're in a “good mood,” it's easy to get along with others, to enjoy their company, to love them even when they are behaving unlovably.2001, Lucia Capacchione, The Power of Your Other Hand

Forms of unlovably

comparativemore unlovably
superlativemost unlovably

Origin of unlovably

From unlovable + -ly.

Questions about unlovably

What does unlovably mean?
Unlovably means in an unlovable manner.
What part of speech is unlovably?
Unlovably is an adverb.

Words near unlovably in the dictionary

  1. unlouvered
  2. unlouvred
  3. unlovability
  4. unlovable
  5. unlovableness
  6. unlovably
  7. unlove
  8. unloveability
  9. unloveable
  10. unloveableness
  11. unloveably

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