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单词 unpleasantly
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unpleasantlyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈplɛzntli/, U.S. /ˌənˈplɛz(ə)n(t)li/
Forms: see unpleasant adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unpleasant adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < unpleasant adj. + -ly suffix2, after pleasantly adv.
In an unpleasant manner; to an unpleasant degree.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adverb] > in unpleasant manner
illa1275
unsavourly1377
unlovelyc1400
sour?a1513
beastly?1518
unfaringly1519
unpleasantly1542
ill-favouredly1545
uncomfortably1548
offensively1576
ungratefullya1586
adversely1593
unpleasingly1597
displeasantly1607
unsavourily1611
distastefully1631
unwelcomely1642
displeasurably1648
disagreeably1656
disgustfully1731
displeasingly1731
unpalatably1741
poisonously1746
undelightfully1749
awfully1815
unpleasurably1823
objectionably1825
unagreeably1850
disgustingly1856
undesirably1890
1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Frigide, coldely, vnaptly, vnpleasantly.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. xii. f. xxxiiiiv Let him, that hath, gyue hym some thyng, not louryngly and vnpleasantly..but euen as one that rekeneth al he hath commen.
1551 S. Gardiner Explic. Catholique Fayth f. 70v If fleshe did appeare, we should be vnpleasauntly disposed to the communion of it.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 553 Which musk being exerped before it be ripe, smelleth strongly and vnpleasantly.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iii. iv. 186 A White Corin, without taking off the Skin, sheweth not unpleasantly how the Seeds are fastned.
1718 R. Digby Let. 17 Apr. in A. Pope Corr. (1956) I. 474 We don't live unpleasantly in primitive simplicity and good-humour.
1778 F. Burney Evelina III. xiv. 138 Ruminating, very unpleasantly, upon my future prospects.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I ccxx. 113 You've pass'd your youth not so unpleasantly.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iv. 71 The lane was becoming unpleasantly slippery.
1940 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 25 Sept. in War Diaries (2001) 110 Rather a worse night of ‘bumps and crumps’ than usual, with several unpleasantly close.
1990 S. Middleton Changes & Chances xv. 163 He laughed, unpleasantly in her view.
2007 Independent 13 Jan. (Mag.) 44/1 There is a noticeable difference in taste and texture between its young leaves and its old ones, which are unpleasantly strong.

Compounds

In adjectival compounds with present participles, as unpleasantly-looking, unpleasantly-smiling, unpleasantly-tasting, etc. Cf. more common equivalents at unpleasant adj. Compounds.
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1804 J. Wolcot Great Cry & Little Wool To Pitt Machinery which has contracted a most unpleasantly-looking rust.
1863 Brit. & Foreign Medico-chirurg. Rev. 32 246 A greenish and not unpleasantly tasting tincture is obtained.
1886 H. E. Roscoe & C. Schorlemmer Treat. Chem. III. iii. 131 It is an unpleasantly smelling liquid, boiling at 204°.
1919 A. A. Hopkins Home Made Beverages xix. 147 Very powerful presses are employed, but these possess the objection of pressing the fixed oil from the pips and an unpleasantly tasting juice from the stalks.
2008 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 23 Feb. 49 Growling like a doberman, the unpleasantly smiling officer started quizzing me about my recent activities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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