unlovingly

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English

Etymology

From unloving +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unlovingly (comparative more unlovingly, superlative most unlovingly)

  1. In an unloving manner; without giving love.
    • 1922, “The Seven against Thebes”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 152:
      Alack! The alien of the sea,
      Keen iron, fire's own child,
      With bitter blows, unlovingly
      Their quarrel reconciled;