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# unkindly

«unkindly» in Mova's school dictionary: **not kind, not caring or a bit cruel** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Unkindly means in a way that is not kind, not caring or a bit cruel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and lessons about friendship and behaviour: «speak unkindly», «treat someone unkindly». It tells the reader a character is mean or hurtful. Phrase: «don't take it unkindly» means don't be offended.

### examples

- He spoke unkindly to his little sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#x1)
- Please don't treat animals unkindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#x2)
- The other children laughed unkindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#x3)
- She looked at me unkindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#x4)
- Don't take it unkindly, but your shoes are on the wrong feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#x5)
- Our class rule is never to talk unkindly about others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#x6)
- Are you ill? or have they treated you unkindly?’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/#x7)

### note

Adjective: unkind; noun: unkindness. Opposite: kindly. «Unkindly» can also, rarely, be an adjective (old use), but today it is mostly an adverb.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unkindly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unkindly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.