unpleasinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpliːzɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənˈplizɪŋli/ Not pleasingly; unpleasantly.
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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
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 82 I thinke it goeth but vnpleasinglie to the eare.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 27 Young man you looke like a Philosopher, and speake not vnpleasingly.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 3) §cxxviii This flowre is but unpleasingly fulsome for sent.
1749 W. R. Chetwood Gen. Hist. Stage 146 He had..a sweet Voice, and sung not unpleasingly.
1778 A. Kellet Pocket of Prose & Verse 27 Their language is unpleasingly guttural, and extraordinarily barren.
1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. viii. 251 The Van Diemonians, as they unpleasingly call themselves.
1862 C. S. Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 36 A happy child,..Not unpleasingly apparelled In a tightish suit of blue.
1913 F. H. Spearman Merrilie Dawes vi. 53 Her voice was soft and full, and though it broke at times, it was not unpleasingly.
1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Jan. 23/4 The unpleasingly didactic tone and the annoying over-simplifications.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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