unhandsomely

unhandsomely

English

Etymology

unhandsome +‎ -ly

Adverb

unhandsomely (comparative more unhandsomely, superlative most unhandsomely)

1. In an unhandsome manner.
   • 1899, John T. Morse, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I.‎:

     McClellan at once wrote that he should continue to "work just as cheerfully as before;" but he felt that the removal was very unhandsomely made just as he was entering upon active operations.

   • 1915, James Branch Cabell, The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck‎:

     And Rudolph Musgrave, knowing that according to his lights he had behaved not unhandsomely, was the merest trifle patronizing and rather like a person speaking from a superior plane in his future dealings with Patricia.