UNKINDLY, adjective 1. Unnatural; contrary to nature; as an unkindly crime. 2. Unfavorably; malignant; as an unkindly fog. UNKINDLY, adverb 1. Without kindness; without affection; as, to treat one unkindly 2. In a manner contrary to nature; unnaturally. All works of nature, abortive, monstrous, or unkindly mix'd.
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