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unsonly

unsonly adjective: not sonly.

Adjective

unsonly (comparative more unsonly, superlative most unsonly)

  1. Not sonly.
    • Who fancies for one instant that Our Lord could be unsonly? Who could fancy that He was not a real, but, on the contrary, a bogus, a spurious Son or a bare sketch of a Son? Who can harbor such an irreverent thought as to fancy Our Lord denied, in the least, the Son’s adequate tribute of love...1898, Henry Aloysius Barry, “Our Lord, the Ideal Son”, in Salvation Through Mary, Boston, Mass.: Angel Guardian Press, page 177
    • Sparse mementoes—a baby’s shoe, a formal and unsonly letter, and a sad poem—which were found in the mother’s room after her death Thursday night, under an automobile, show the tenacity with which she clung to this one tie.1911 July 23, “Son to See Mother in Death. Only Relative Who Will Attend Funeral of Woman Auto Killed. Boy Wires from East. First Time in 22 Years He Will Gaze on Face of Devoted Parent.”, in The...

Examples of unsonly in a sentence

  • Who fancies for one instant that Our Lord could be unsonly?1898, Henry Aloysius Barry, “Our Lord, the Ideal Son”, in Salvation Through Mary, Boston, Mass.: Angel Guardian Press, page 177:
  • Now even this was not for the time enough to convert an unsonly son.1918 June 20, “Best Editorial: National Topics as Discussed in Exchanges; War Savings Stamps—Their Significance”, in Burlington Daily News...
  • And the boy did not feel like he wanted to do such an unsonly deed as to spend his dad’s money to go up in an airship against his dad’s wishes.1925 August 27, “Notes by the Editor”, in C. L. Ficklin, editor, The DeKalb County Herald, volume 59, number 5, Maysville, Mo., page [8]...
  • ‘Indeed, if the ruler does not rule and the minister does not minister, if fathers are unfatherly and sons unsonly, even if there is grain would I get to eat it?’1989, Angus Charles Graham, “The Breakdown of the World Order Decreed by Heaven”, in Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in...

Forms of unsonly

comparativemore unsonly
superlativemost unsonly

Origin of unsonly

From un- + sonly.

Questions about unsonly

What does unsonly mean?
Unsonly means not sonly.
How do you use unsonly in a sentence?
Who fancies for one instant that Our Lord could be unsonly?
What part of speech is unsonly?
Unsonly is an adjective.

Words near unsonly in the dictionary

  1. unsolving
  2. unsomber
  3. unsombre
  4. unsonicated
  5. unsonlike
  6. unsonly
  7. unsonorous
  8. unsonsy
  9. unsook
  10. unsoot
  11. unsooted

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