unfilial
adjective
not befitting a son or daughter; violating the customary obligation of a child to a parent.
unfilially
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a word derived from
unfilial.
Example Sentences
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"Ah, you see, it's a long while since the governor was here, and his memory fails him," remarked Mr. Charles Larkyns, very unfilially.
From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede
"Shucks!" cried Absalom, unfilially; "ye'd aheap better be a-studyin' 'bout'n my good now 'n whenst I war a baby—a-givin' away my child ter them Quimbeys; a-h'istin' him out'n the winder!"
From His "Day In Court" 1895 by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
She did not mention his transformation, and was disingenuous enough to agree with the King that the Prince had behaved most unfilially in departing without permission.
From In Brief Authority by F. Anstey
But Theodore's advice, however unfilially proffered, was sound enough.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
She has, moreover, her intervals of sternness, when she boxes ears; now in case of her father, unfilially, and anon in more righteous conflict with her step-mother's wicked lover.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various
