unkindredly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ kindredly

Adjective[edit]

unkindredly (comparative more unkindredly, superlative most unkindredly)

  1. Not befitting kindred or family.
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:
      What an implacable as well as unjust set of wretches are those of her unkindredly kin who have money of hers in their hands, as well as large arrears of her own estate; yet withhold both, avowedly to distress her!
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