unromanticallyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnrə(ʊ)ˈmantᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈmæn(t)ək(ə)li/, /ˌənˌroʊˈmæn(t)ək(ə)li/ Not romantically.
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1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 169/2 Where the soil teems with fatness, our swains have made it rather unromantically arable.
1884 W. Black in Athenæum 11 Oct. 463/1 Her unromantically long spinsterhood.
1935 N. Amer. Rev. June 97 Unobtrusive oxford grey, navy blue, dark brown—impeccably sober, unromantically sombre, damnably dull!
2010 N. Devon Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Dec. 48 How many, I wonder, realise that kissing under the mistletoe means, unromantically, embracing under a parasite or fungus?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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