Definitions
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- adverb In a way that is not
military .
Etymologies
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unmilitary + -ly
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Examples
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The cuffs were halfway up his arm and, even when I had let down the sleeve all I could, it hung unmilitarily high above his big hand.
Restoree McCaffrey, Anne 1967
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The lieutenant (j.g.) muttered something that sounded unmilitarily like, "You ain't foolin ', brother!"
Uller Uprising Piper, H. Beam 1952
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The lieutenant (j.g.) muttered something that sounded unmilitarily like, "You ain't foolin ', brother!"
Ullr Uprising H. Beam Piper 1934
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The lieutenant (j.g.) muttered something that sounded unmilitarily like, "You ain't foolin ', brother!"
Uller Uprising H. Beam Piper 1934
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