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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
unkindly
    adv 1: in an unkind manner or with unkindness; "The teacher
           treats the children unkindly" [ant: kindly]
    adj 1: lacking in sympathy and kindness; "unkindly ancts" [syn:
           unkindly, unsympathetic]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unkind \Un*kind"\, a.
   1. Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or
      kindred; unnatural. [Obs.] "Such unkind abominations."
      --Chaucer.
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   2. Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or
      the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
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            He is unkind that recompenseth not; but he is most
            unkind that forgetteth.               --Sir T.
                                                  Elyot.
      [1913 Webster] -- Un*kind"ly, adv. -- Un*kind"ness, n.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Unkindly \Un*kind"ly\, a.
   1. Not kindly; unkind; ungracious.
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   2. Unnatural; contrary to nature. [Obs.] "Unkindly crime."
      --Spenser.
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   3. Unfavorable; annoying; malignant. --Milton.
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