Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • So as not to give pleasure; without pleasure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In an unpleasurable manner.

Etymologies

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unpleasurable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "Do mind what you're about!" she told him, flushing not unpleasurably.

    The Market-Place Harold Frederic 1877

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