unsonlikeadj.adv.
(un- prefix1 1c, 5b.)
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [adjective] > not
unsonlike1657
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [adverb] > not
unsonlike1657
1657 J. Owen Of Communion with God iii. v. 300 A Spirit of bondage..casting them into an unsonlike frame of Spirit.
1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 41 Not among the Persecutors of the Dissenters; which he (most Un-son-like) Reflects upon in this Clause.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 314 Their irreverent and unson-like repartee.
1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 315 An vnsonlike, unsympathetic, grudging spirit.
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