inimical
adjective
adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful.
inimically
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a word derived from
inimical.
Example Sentences
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In other words, he changed from a rather inimically cantankerous McCarthyite witch hunter into a resolutely innovative and pragmatic national leader.
From Time Magazine Archive
She and I, who had really nothing to do with one another, if I would have laid my soul under her little feet, stood still in the cold moonlight, looking inimically into one another's eyes.
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by George W. Gage
"Tchk-tchk!" commented Slyne, and sat down to satisfy his hunger as best he might; while Captain Dove, having overheard that criticism, eyed him inimically, and proceeded to puff a peculiarly rank cigar in his face.
From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas
“What are you standing there for?” she questioned inimically.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
She did not blame herself--it never occurred to her to do so--but she rather wondered at herself, inimically, prophesying that one day her impulsiveness would throw her into some serious difficulty.
From Hilda Lessways by Arnold Bennett
