ungentlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdʒɛntli/, U.S. /ˌənˈdʒɛn(t)li/ In an ungentle manner; unkindly; roughly; discourteously, rudely.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adverb]
unkindlya1393
untenderly?a1400
unmeeklya1425
ungentlyc1450
unkindfully?1534
kindlessly1826
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 200 I seyde of hym vnkyndely, vndewly, vngentylly, vnwysely, folyly, & perylously.
1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. pviiiv Thow hast seruyd me vngentilly.
1534 W. Turner tr. J. von Watt Of Olde God & Newe sig. Diij It shall make the sorye..to see that Paule..was so vnkyndly and vngentily entreated.
1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 210 Paule handleth you very vngentely, he calleth you foolish,..and disobedient to the truth.
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 25 In this poynt you are to be taxed deeply, for dealing vngently and vnthankfully with your much admired..Joseph Scaliger.
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iv. 23 It was not by these people alone that I was..so ungently intreated.
1822 C. Lamb Gentle Giantess Wds. 1909 I. 269 I have seen these shy gownsmen..ungently neglecting the delicacies of her polished converse.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last i. 12 The servant who, gently treated, is ungrateful, treated ungently, will be revengeful.
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