: in an unkind manner
dwells unkindly long on his final decline—
A. H. Johnston
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
She was always being driven mad by Kubrick, very unkindly.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
His thin white hair shone under the TV lights that had treated him so unkindly.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Paris quickly put a stop to strangers speaking unkindly about her son.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
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Aimee Lou Wood, the British breakout star of The White Lotus season three, said Saturday Night Live has apologized after unkindly parodying her during Saturday night’s show.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
She was always being driven mad by Kubrick, very unkindly.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
His thin white hair shone under the TV lights that had treated him so unkindly.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
Paris quickly put a stop to strangers speaking unkindly about her son.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unkindly
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“Unkindly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unkindly. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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