unwontedly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In particular, she is recalling a carriage ride with her husband, who at the time seemed unwontedly cheerful; she leans forward, arms extended, as if trying to embrace the memory.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2015
Yet throughout 1965 he was unwontedly and unhappily subdued in the shadow of a center-stage President.
From Time Magazine Archive
There's an entire movie--quite a bad one, full of unwontedly tortured acting and a wildly wrong camera style--called Smoke.
From Time Magazine Archive
At week's end he was at his Bimini hideaway, unwontedly subdued.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two minutes later he changed his wolf trot to a slow and unwontedly stiff-legged walk, advancing with head lowered, and growling softly far down in his throat.
From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
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