unfavourablyunfavorablyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfeɪv(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈfeɪv(ə)rəbli/ In an unfavourable manner:
a. In respect of opinion, statement, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adverb]
unfavourably1460
frowningly1556
unhappily1623
badly1660
disapprovingly1759
avertedly1867
pejoratively1890
old-fashioned1911
1460 H. at Fenne in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 170 Þei reporten you vnfavorabely and withoute credence, as men seyn, and somme I have herd.
1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica xxiv. 146 Bacon speaks not unfavourably of this.
a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) V. xv. 335 There hath been..something or another that should not have been; else so many would not have judged..so unfavourably.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 48 If our summons is unfavourably received, we will instantly attack.
1866 J. H. Newman Let. to Pusey 86 That compromise of which our countrymen report so unfavourably from abroad.
b. In respect of circumstances, conditions, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adverb] > unfavourably
illc1325
contrariouslyc1380
amissa1425
contrary1497
sinisterly1529
overthwart1556
thwartingly1579
froward1580
adversely1593
crossly1597
unpropitiously1602
cross1603
disfavourably1654
cloudily1792
unfavourably1833
askew1858
1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) IV. 337 A richly endowed, unfavourably situated nature.
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. ix. 151 His tones and gestures..contrasted unfavourably with the appearance either of Catesby or Winter.
1871 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery (ed. 2) 230 I believe it..to compare very unfavourably with the death-rate of the supposed more formidable operation.
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