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† disˈpleasantly, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. Unpleasantly, disagreeably; offensively.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 429 Before it is ripe, it smelleth displeasantly.
2. In a displeased or offended manner.
1540–1Elyot Image Gov. (1556) 139 b, I speake not displeasantly. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. Pref. to Rdr., I do humbly beseech you all..not displeasantly to receive my ready poor labour. 1721Strype Eccl. Mem. I. xii. 103 He thought the Emperor should take it more displeasantly, than if his Holiness had declared himself. |