untunablyadv.
Unmelodiously, inharmoniously.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adverb]
rudelya1375
untunably1504
hoarselya1529
jarringly1583
harshly1599
unmusically1609
disharmoniously1664
hoarse1709
unmelodiously1739
unharmoniously1783
raucously1852
raggedly1854
dissonously1866
uneuphoniously1882
untunefully1884
1504 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 120 423 A harpe gewythe sownd as yt ys set: The harper may wreste vntvnably.
1564 J. Rastell Confut. Serm. M. Iuell f. 111v This would sound..vntuneablie.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 131 A Poet..sung not untunably in this maner.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lxxiii. 301 They fell to playing on divers instruments.., though very barbarously and untunably.
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