unstraightforwardly
unstraightforwardly adverb: in an unstraightforward manner; not straightforwardly; obliquely, indirectly.
Adverb
unstraightforwardly (comparative more unstraightforwardly, superlative most unstraightforwardly)
- In an unstraightforward manner; not straightforwardly; obliquely, indirectly.
- A great many complaints that workers are not being treated as persons can be traced not to the ways in which they may be straightforwardly or unstraightforwardly used, but to the degree to which contemporary employment practices make a point of treating workers uniformly, and so not as the...1989, Onora O'Neill, Constructions of Reason, Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, →ISBN, page 124
- In this response, it seems to me that you again express the same desire (albeit less straightforwardly), while at the same time denying that desire (again somewhat unstraightforwardly).2002 February 21, Stewart/sna, “Re: I was a hero yesterday, Rockford style”, in alt.recovery.codependency (Usenet)
Forms of unstraightforwardly
| comparative | more unstraightforwardly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unstraightforwardly |
Origin of unstraightforwardly
From unstraightforward + -ly.
Questions about unstraightforwardly
- What does unstraightforwardly mean?
- Unstraightforwardly means in an unstraightforward manner; not straightforwardly; obliquely, indirectly.
- What part of speech is unstraightforwardly?
- Unstraightforwardly is an adverb.
Words near unstraightforwardly in the dictionary
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