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unlovingly

unlovingly adverb: in an unloving manner; without giving love.

Adverb

unlovingly (comparative more unlovingly, superlative most unlovingly)

  1. In an unloving manner; without giving love.
    • Alack! The alien of the sea,
      Keen iron, fire's own child,
      With bitter blows, unlovingly
      Their quarrel reconciled;1922, “The Seven against Thebes”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 152

Forms of unlovingly

comparativemore unlovingly
superlativemost unlovingly

Origin of unlovingly

From unloving + -ly.

Questions about unlovingly

What does unlovingly mean?
Unlovingly means in an unloving manner; without giving love.
What part of speech is unlovingly?
Unlovingly is an adverb.

Words near unlovingly in the dictionary

  1. unloverlike
  2. unloverliness
  3. unloverly
  4. unloves
  5. unloving
  6. unlovingly
  7. unlovingness
  8. unlowerable
  9. unlowered
  10. unlowly
  11. unloyal

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