Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unkindly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] ``Such unkind abominations.''
--Chaucer.
2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most
unkind that forgetteth. --Sir T.
Elyot.
-- {Un*kind"ly}, adv. -- {Un*kind"ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unkindly \Un*kind"ly\, a.
1. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] ``Unkindly crime.''
--Spenser.
3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unkindly
adj : lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly acts" [syn: {unsympathetic}]
adv : in an unkind manner or with unkindness; "The teacher treats
the children unkindly" [ant: {kindly}]
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