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▪ I. unˈkindly, a.
[repr. OE. unᵹecyndelic, or in later use f. un-1 7 + kindly a.]
†1.
a. Morally unnatural; unnaturally wicked or vile. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 116 Vor hondlunge, oðer eni velunge bitweone mon & ancre is..unkundelich þincg. a1300Cursor M. 27966 Vnkindli sin and sodomite, Austin cals al suilk delite. 141826 Pol. Poems xiv. 84 Vnkyndely synne and shameles haunted. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 102 The deuell slow all, for as moche as they vsed unkindely werke. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 9 Their owne mother..gan abhorre her broods vnkindly crime. 1614Sylvester Little Bartas 905 Besides th' unkindly slaughter Of his owne Selfe, by his owne Sons soon after.
†b. Unnatural in respect of relations or dealings with others. Obs.
1456–70in Acta Parlt. Scotl. (1875) XII. 27/1 Thynkand it onkyndle tyll thole ane nominatioun of lardschipe of sic ane man. a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. 642 After this vnkyndly warre had duryd by the space of vi. monethes. 1591Troub. Raigne K. John (1611) 68 Vnkindly rage, more rough than northern wind, To clip the beautie of so sweete a flower! 1605Sylvester Du Bartas, Sonn. Late Peace iv, War's unkindly quarrels. 1647N. Ward Simple Cobler 15 How unseasonable and unkindely it is, to interturbe the State and Church with these Amalekitish onsets.
†2. Unnatural in respect of physical qualities or actions. Obs.
a1300in E.E.P. (1862) 10/104 Þe þing þat bodi no flesse naþ non..vnkundlich þing ded sal don. c1375Cursor M. 26253 (Fairf.), Þe man þat mengis wiþ vnkindeli best his flesshe luste to fulfille. 1390Gower Conf. I. 264 Thilke unkendeli peines Thurgh whiche Envie is fyred ay. a1500Flower & Leaf 413 Salades, which they made hem ete, For to refresh their greet unkindly hete. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions 324 Lest therby the vnkindlie couplings against kinde, passe also at lengthe vnto men. 1611J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxv. 179 The shape of the Leopard bewraieth his vnkindly birth. 1639T. de Grey Expert Farrier ii. xxi. (1656) 628 Unkindly and unnatural heats given him by most violent and intemperate riding.
b. Of weather, soil, etc.: Unnaturally bleak or cold; unfavourable to growth or comfort, inclement.
14..in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 154 Mych of oure welth hase wastud awey With grete darthe..And unkyndle wedurs. 1535W. Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 43 In..Hungar and cald, and wnkyndlie distres. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Jan. 26 My life bloud friesing with vnkindly cold. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 332 We had not a more unkindly summer, for many yeeres, in respect of extraordinary cold. a1684Leighton Wks. (1835) I. 109 A tender plant in a strange unkindly soil. 1763Mills Pract. Husb. I. 188 The land continued unkindly and sour. 1775Phil. Trans. LXVI. 282 The summers are often so unkindly, that their wheat is blighted while in ear. 1850Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. iii. (1857) 36* The unkindly climate of their birth. a1864Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1868) I. 282 Besides the bleak, unkindly air.
c. Not answering to its (or their) proper kind; not properly conditioned, developed, or thriving. Now dial. or arch.
c1400Destr. Troy 8523 Ho was vnkyndly to knaw of hir kyd frendis, So disfigurt of face & febill of hew. 1587Golding De Mornay xvii. 313 In vs only there is such an vnkindly and Bastardly Nature, that [etc.]. 1601Holland Pliny I. 225 Kine, Buls, and Oxen are not to be despised as unkindly, although they looke but illfavouredly. 1616Breton Invective agst. Treason Wks. (Grosart) I. 4/1 [To] make theyr bread, of an vnkindly Branne; which seeming Wheate, is but a Hellish weede, sown by the Devill. 1790Trans. Soc. Arts VIII. 32 [These] Peas..ripen later, and become so unkindly that the pods..never fill. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Stories Ch. Catech. xxxiv. 357 Lopping off..a dead leaf, or unkindly branch. 1887–8in Cheshire and Somerset glossaries (applied to plants or animals).
†d. Prejudicial to health; not developing in a natural healthy manner. Obs.
a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. V, Wks. (1711) 114 He was troubled by an unkindly Medicine. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 1050 Grosser sleep Bred of unkindly fumes. 1797Underwood Disorders Childhood II. 117 An oozing of blood from the part, after an unkindly separation of the cord. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) IV. 99 The exciting causes [of madness]..are..unkindly child-bed [etc.]. Ibid. V. 583 It [sc. opium] proved a cordial to him through the whole of this tedious affection, without a single unkindly concomitant.
†3. Not of the same kind; strange. Obs.
1560Rolland Seven Sages 23 Vnkyndlie Captanes ouir⁓thrawis And commoun welth doun drawis. 1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 765 Th' infamous Bird that layes His Bastard Egges within the nests of other, To have them hatcht by an unkindely Mother.
†4.
a. Lacking natural affection.
b. Cruel, malicious. Obs.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. i. 26 To see th' vnkindly Impes..Deuoure their dam. 1591― Tears Muses 15 Her loued Twinnes,..whom her vnkindly foes The fatall Sisters, did for spight destroy.
5. Devoid of kindness; unkind.
1805–6Cary Dante, Inf. xxi. 97, I to my leader's side adhered, mine eyes..bent On their unkindly visage. 1827Scott Surg. Dau. vii, He was conscious of unkindly, if not hostile feelings towards his old companion. 1862Lytton Str. Story 132 That gentle heart could not bear one unkindlier shade between itself and what it loved.
▪ II. unˈkindly, adv.
[repr. OE. unᵹecyndelíce, or in later use f. un-1 11 + kindly adv.]
†1.
a. With unnatural immorality or impropriety. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 50 Ne of tollinde lokunges, ne lates, þæt summe,..weilawei! unkundeliche makieð. a1300Cursor M. 28495 Wit womman seke vmquile haue i And vnkyndeli don licheri. c1386Chaucer Pard. T. 485 Lo how þat dronken loth vnkyndely Lay by his doughtres two vnwityngly. c1400Destr. Troy 13820 Now full hard..is þi hegh lust, Þat þou couetus vnkyndly to couple with me. 1579[see unkingly adv.]. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. xiii. lxxvi. 315 Vnkindly though Nature it is defaced so in some, As that by often sinning Sinne an habette doth become.
†b. With unnatural enmity, harshness, or cruelty. Obs.
c1300Beket (Percy Soc.) 1540 The Kyng..sende him word that him thoȝte..That hi wolde him so moche misdo uncundeliche and wouȝ. 1535Coverdale 2 Macc. xv. 2 O do not so cruelly and vnkyndly [1611 barbarously], but halowe y⊇ Sabbath daye. 1547J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes h j b, That you..should thus vnkindly, vnnaturally, and vnchristenly bathe youre swoordes in eche others blode. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iv. Handy-crafts 7 Envious Cain His (better) Brother doth vnkindly brain. 1605Ibid. iii. iv. Captains 833 Lo there, another valiant Champion..His onely Daughter doth unkindly kill.
†c. Contrary to right feeling or conduct; improperly; ungratefully. Obs.
1380Lay Folk's Catech. (L.) 952 [To] be euer sory..for he haþ greuyd god so vnkendely. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. iv. 264 Vnkyndely þow, conscience, consailedest hym þennes, To lete so hus lordshup for a lytel moneye. c1440Promp. Parv. 365/2 On-kyndely yn herte, ingratanter, acaride. 1470–1Rolls of Parlt. VI. 233/1 Unnaturelly, unkyndly and truly entendyng his destruccion. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 65 Lat nocht my hart vnkyndlie depart, From the rycht lufe of thy mercie. 1588Shakes. Titus A. v. iii. 104 Lastly, [I was] my selfe vnkindly banished.
†2. Unsuitably. Obs. rare.
c1300Havelok 1250 Goldeborw.. wende she were bi-swike, Þat she were yeuen un-kyndelike. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. x. 177 Summe..For Couetise of Catel vnkuyndeliche beoþ maried.
†b. Contrary to the usual course of nature; at variance with natural conditions. Obs.
1390Gower Conf. I. 292 Unkindeliche he was transformed, That he which erst a man was formed Into a womman was forschape. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 3530 But ye wolden..Tourne vnkyndely my wyn In-to blood, folk for to drynke. 1541R. Copland Gaylen's Terap. 2 B j, There must be had delyberacyon, to knowe yf all the party dyscoloured and hardened vnkyndly ought to be cut. 1615W. Lawson Country Housew. Gard. (1626) 8 Who did euer know a tree so vnkindly splat, come to age? 1667Milton P.L. iii. 456 All th' unaccomplisht works of Natures hand, Abortive, monstrous, or unkindly mixt,..fleet hither. 1703Rowe Fair Penit. i. i, You mourn unkindly by your self, And rob me of my Partnership of Sadness. 1766Compl. Farmer s.v. Malt, The malt..appears shrivelled, and often is unkindly hard.
c. Badly, unsuccessfully.
1763Mills Pract. Husb. III. 128 Kiln-drying is apt to make wheat grind unkindly. 1811Self Instructor 516 Umber is..very greasy, and mixes unkindly with water⁓colours. 1887Daily News 21 July 2/4 Fanfare remained a staunch favourite to the end. He, however, ran very unkindly.
3. In an unkind or unkindly manner; with marked want of kindness.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame i. 295 How he betrayed hir allas, And lefte hir ful vnkyndely. 14..Sir Beues (C.) 1448 That he tolde me not, when he went, Iwysse, he dud onkyndely, verament. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xvii. 397 The whiche Reynawde kepeth..for his prysoner not vnkyndely. 1590Shakes. Mids. N. iii. ii. 183 But why vnkindly didst thou leaue me so? 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 114 Vnkindly to cast him off that had so honorably vsed him in like extremitie. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. ii. 55 She hath looked unkindly upon thee. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ., Snuff-box, I treated him most unkindly; and from no provocations. 1828Scott F.M. Perth x, ‘You will not deal so unkindly with us, cousin,’ replied the gentle Monarch. 1889B. Whitby Awakening Mary Fenwick II. 45 Don't haul me over the coals so unkindly.
Comb.1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. ii. Fathers 480 Among them all..you shall not finde Such an example, where (unkindly-kinde) Father and Son so mutually agree. a1699J. Beaumont Psyche xii. v, Nor could unkindly-courteous He resist The huging of his Spouse's seeming Friend.
4. With dissatisfaction or resentment.
Freq. in the phrase to take (..) unkindly.
1562Gresham in Burgon Life (1839) I. 448 Assewring yow, I doo take it very unkindelye at your handes. 1607Shakes. Timon iii. vi. 39, I hope it remaines not vnkindely with your Lordship, that I return'd you an empty Messenger. 1635Argt. Pastoral of Florimene 6 Florimene desires Dorine not to take it unkindly, if [etc.]. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 91 Nothing to be had but for ready money; which our men took so unkindly,..that [etc.]. 1771Junius Lett. l. (1788) 270 The only letter I ever addressed to the King was..unkindly received. |