unfilial
Americanadjective
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Origin of unfilial
Example Sentences
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Give me the will which was made in the interests of so unfilial a son by his mother.
From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Harold Edgeworth Butler
It is a thing unheard of, that a child ever raised a hand or uttered an unfilial expression of contempt towards his parents.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
It was consecration, if you like; but it was expiation too, the sacrifice for the sin of an unfilial clarity.
From The Return of the Prodigal by May Sinclair
Why, God bless my soul, do you call ingratitude—the basest, most unfilial, most treacherous ingratitude—no vice, sir?
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by F. Anstey
She smiles in an unfilial fashion, and, slipping her hand through his arm, awaits what fate may have in store.
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
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