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▪ I. unˈbrotherly, a.
[un-1 7. Cf. Du. onbroederlijk, G. unbrüderlich.]
Not brotherly or characteristic of a brother.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 113 The treacherous and vnbrotherly attempts of..the Kinges brother. 1605Willet Hexapla Gen. 470 Dishonouring their holy profession with vnbrotherlie strife. 1680Mather Irenicum 3 Forbearing and avoiding unbrotherly and provoking terms and words. 1741Richardson Pamela IV. 36 How did all their hearts burn with sordid and unbrotherly Envy against their Father's favourite Son? 1796Monthly Mag. I. 200 The people no longer view them with..mistrust, or unbrotherly emotions. 1829Scott Anne of G. v, Here is the scroll, coldly worded, but far less unkindly than his unbrotherly message. 1891F. W. Newman J. H. Newman 21, I shall be told that these revelations are unbrotherly.
▪ II. † unˈbrotherly, adv. Obs.
[un-1 11. Cf. ON. úbróðurliga.]
In a manner or spirit unbefitting a brother.
1574Whitgift Def. Aunsw. i. 74 As the name was first by the Papistes maliciously inuented, so is it of you verie vnbrotherly confirmed. 1605Camden Rem. 202 Brotherly to pardon his manifolde offences, that he had vnbrotherly committed against him. a1635Sibbes Confer. Christ & Mary (1656) 31 They had dealt most unbrotherly with him. |