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English
Etymology
From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly).
Adjective
unkingly (comparative more unkingly, superlative most unkingly)
- Not kingly.
1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 7:[…] yet a people is also of God, a part of God, and they may uncrown him, destroy him and cast him forth if he act unkingly.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “not kingly”): kingly
Translations
Adverb
unkingly (not comparable)
- In an unkingly manner; not befitting a king.