Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unwelcome manner; without welcome.
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- adverb In an
unwelcome manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Look around; you can see some people here whose kisses you might welcome, and others whose kisses you might regard as intrusively, unwelcomely sexual at such a time.
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Yet, unwelcomely early as the tones came, they awaked him a different being in strength and spirits from what he had fallen asleep.
Quentin Durward 2008
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It was unwelcomely arousing, too, without a doubt, to share the experience with Errol in the long grass.
Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson 2006
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I actively and often unwelcomely urge people to never, ever, ever buy anything from Walmart.
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Azdra'ik's hand landed unwelcomely on his shoulder, and he looked the goblin full in the face, expecting some foul trick; but Azdra'ik's grip had no force this time.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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But still -- a new thought had begun to obtrude itself unwelcomely.
Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell
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But still -- a new thought had begun to obtrude itself unwelcomely.
Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell
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The band played so long that the town element among the audience became somewhat unwelcomely demonstrative.
A Pirate of Parts Richard Neville
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But still -- a new thought had begun to obtrude itself unwelcomely.
Four Girls and a Compact Annie Hamilton Donnell
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At this moment Serlo entered, most unwelcomely; and most unexpectedly, Philina with her hand in his.
Chapter XIV. Book IV 1917
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