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Synonyms for uncivilly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uhn-siv-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsɪv əl |
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Définition of uncivilly
Origin :- 1550s, "barbarous," from un- (1) "not" + civil. Meaning "impolite" is 1590s.
- As in rudely : adv impolitely
- As in sourly : adv acidulously
- I know what I know,' she kept repeating, not uncivilly, but with extreme gloom.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- We were particularly well lodged, and not uncivilly treated.
- Extract from : « Pages From an Old Volume of Life » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- He would not have spoken to me so uncivilly had poor dear papa been alive, I know!
- Extract from : « She and I, Volume 1 » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- There was really no reason why I should treat him uncivilly.
- Extract from : « A New Sensation » by Albert Ross
- It was only the "Papists" who lived far enough off to be spoken of uncivilly.
- Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
- He spoke most uncivilly, and said I was driving him half crazy with my whistling.
- Extract from : « The Diva's Ruby » by F. Marion Crawford
- "Well, show me the kind you have," he said curtly, but not uncivilly.
- Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives
- It made a plaything of my little vessel, slapping it about most uncivilly.
- Extract from : « St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 » by Various
- I was most uncivilly treated, and remanded two or three times.
- Extract from : « A Rogue's Life » by Wilkie Collins
- He did not treat me uncivilly or unkindly, but I saw that it cost him an effort to be as cordial as the rest of his family.
- Extract from : « Will Weatherhelm » by W.H.G. Kingston
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