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  • adverb In an unbefitting manner.

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unbefitting +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Anger is defined: _A desire of open vengeance for an open slight, attended with displeasure at the same, the slight being put upon self, or upon some dear one, unbefittingly.

    Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby 1888

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