ill-natured
adjective
having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
ill-naturedly
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a word derived from
ill-natured.
Example Sentences
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Then, after a few moments' silence, he very ungraciously and ill-naturedly gave orders that peasant Viaud be released from prison, and the sheep sent back.
From Gabriel and the Hour Book by Adelaide Everhart
She had seen Ruth flush hotly and the tears spring to Agnes’ eyes when Trix Severn had spoken so ill-naturedly.
From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Grace Brooks Hill
"An' what do you call this—a garbage-scow?" answered Elisha, ill-naturedly.
From "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea by Morgan Robertson
She saw it frequently happen, that if one asked the slightest favour of another, it was ill-naturedly refused, and from thence arose tumults and quarrels.
From The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror by John Bewick
That this motive was entirely that of ill-naturedly crossing Rupert, there could be little doubt about.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
