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Onstage, though, Javelin is a shabbier proposition, though not unwelcomely so.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2010

It is a trifle later than it should be when we finally start afresh; and newly-come clouds are moping about the mountains and banking up unwelcomely near the hills of the col ahead.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa

On sitting down to table, we found that his prediction about the bill of fare, was most unwelcomely true.

From The Life of General Francis Marion by Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke)

Such was the place to which our two friends were moved by the detachment of troops which had so suddenly and unwelcomely invaded their mountain retreat.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram

It was unwelcomely manifest that the foot was down.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis