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
England, for so many centuries "a nest of singing birds," finds herself today unwontedly in want of a great poet she can call her own.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the last agonizing months under the Nazis, Dutchmen ate only 400 calories a day; they are still unwontedly thin and pale.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mahogany Row, the third-floor executive corridor at American Motors Corp. in Detroit, has been unwontedly quiet since George Romney left the president's office last February to run for Governor of Michigan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter, for a moment had been unwontedly lively; then it was as dead.
From The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising by Mitford, Bertram
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