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Thither came the unamiably notorious Mull Sack, who once emptied Cromwell's pocket on the Mall, and whose courage was as formidable as his rough-edged tongue.

From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles

Phillis and Amyntas reappear and carry on a conversation, not unamiably, in a sort of hexametrical stichomythia.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

"Well, rot then, if you like," said Sir Isaac, unamiably and panting.

From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

He kept his place unperturbed, and looked at her seriously, though by no means unamiably.

From The Adventures of Maya the Bee by Guiterman, Arthur

And so Tiverton dispersed, unamiably, and with its public pride hurt to the quick.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Brown, Alice