unlovably
English
Etymology
unlovable + -ly
Adverb
unlovably (comparative more unlovably, superlative most unlovably)
- In an unlovable manner.
- 1987, Greville Texidor, Kendrick Smithyman, In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say a Lot: Selected Fiction (page 18)
- One night at a party at Irene and Bob Lowry's home Denis Glover, visiting town, was at his most unlovably provoking.
- 2001, Lucia Capacchione, The Power of Your Other Hand
- When you're in a “good mood,” it's easy to get along with others, to enjoy their company, to love them even when they are behaving unlovably.
- 1987, Greville Texidor, Kendrick Smithyman, In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say a Lot: Selected Fiction (page 18)