unhandsomely
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a word derived from
unhandsome.
unhandsomeadjectivelacking good looks; not attractive in physical appearance; plain or ugly.
Example Sentences
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There is something unhandsomely derogatory to art in this common view.
From Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis
Notwithstanding this, we find them complaining, in 1679, that Dryden had behaved unhandsomely to them in carrying one of his plays to the other theatre, and so injuring their interests.
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by David Masson
Considering the fact that it was my last, I flatter myself it was not unhandsomely done—though I may never need it.
From The Flirt by Booth Tarkington
But we are nearer, Gatty is in, Jenny, Oscar, the General slipped by me, and unhandsomely got in first.
From Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island by Julia de Winton
Then, I think," said Mr. Lorry, "that I was very unhandsomely dealt with, and that I ought to have had a voice in the selection of my pattern.
From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens