unsoldierly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsoldierly
Adjective
  • Coalitions are formed and dissolved regularly, not always in a very amiable way, but nothing so far has undermined our new reality of equal coexistence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Coyle, an amiable sort, has fit right in with the Blue Jackets.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Since that time, says Paine, even those fortunate enough to live under benevolent rule have seldom been more than one generation away from yet another dreadful monarch.
    Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
  • All of that dirt wouldn’t entirely dampen the sound of your screaming, so there’s always the chance some benevolent gravedigger could save you.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Steve Martin, who portrayed Keaton’s husband in 1991’s Father of the Bride and the sequel, paid tribute with a good-natured joke.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Legette, who is almost always good-natured, seemed irked by some of the questions during his media availability Wednesday.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That was Wilson, the genial leather-breeches maker, shoving a soldier to his knees.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Season five, debuting this week, settles right into its usual rhythms, opening in the aftermath of last year’s finale and the surprise death of Lester (Teddy Coluca), the Arconia’s genial doorman since season one.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The movie’s tone is all over the place, but Roberts and Clooney’s chemistry helps ground it; their easygoing banter eventually leads to tenser and tenser exchanges.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The movie gives the distinct sense of a quick, unfussy shoot with an easygoing sense of community — on the set, in the stand-up milieu and among Tess and Alex’s friends and family.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • According to authorities’ findings, August and another football player, whose relationship to each other was described as cordial, were leaving a workout facility while laughing and talking.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The two have always seemed cordial in public, but that hasn’t stopped the reports, which seemed to kick up a notch after the President’s latest state visit.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • By steadily building a following over the years, Karsten Runquist, a 27-year-old aspiring director with an affable and unassuming demeanor, has become, by some measures, one of today’s most prominent movie reviewers.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Dean is affable but a little reserved during our call, which took place the week between her performances on weekends one and two of the Austin City Limits Festival.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sweeney stars as Penny Jo, a South Dakota diner waitress with an appealing smile, an ingratiating stammer, a scarf in her hair, and deep reserves of ruthless ambition.
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Still, on a moment-to-moment basis, the film has tension, strong character dynamics and sharp individual portraits whose astringency gets alleviated by Gottsagen and James’ more ingratiating turns.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Unsoldierly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsoldierly. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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