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In an English restaurant two turkeys had been treasured up for the important occasion, but unfortunately a few days ago they anticipated their fate, and most ill-naturedly insisted upon dying.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

The crowd meanwhile were standing about the platform, whistling tunes or amusing themselves, not ill-naturedly at the distress of their grand companions.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

She walked rapidly, trying to escape thought in activity; but the thoughts ill-naturedly kept pace with her.

From Betty Wales Freshman by Dunton, Edith K.

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 Bewick, John

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 Hill, Grace Brooks