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Meanings of unpleasantly in English

In an unpleasant manner.

Usage of unpleasantly in English
1
The water was not unpleasantly cold; better than they were used to.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
2
The Professor must have got his grant all right!' He laughed unpleasantly.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
3
The remark directed particular attention to me and I became unpleasantly conspicuous.
California Sketches, New Series
4
And the cold milk was not cold; it was lukewarm, unpleasantly lukewarm.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
5
Plant A has been spoken to harshly and unpleasantly throughout its growth.
The new yorker
6
The man who'd smiled unpleasantly lay in a heap on the floor.
The Pirates of Ersatz
7
In my dehar I was unpleasantly warm, and without it I shivered.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
8
This girl, trapped by the inevitable, reminded him unpleasantly of the rabbit.
The Purple Heights
9
For some reason the heavy perfume of the hyacinths affected him unpleasantly.
Fire-Tongue
10
One day the air of the Fourth Reader room seemed unpleasantly freighted.
Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart
11
He was unpleasantly surprised by the clear and emphatic wording of it.
Resurrection
12
Bland stepped pugnaciously forward; his pale eyes were unpleasantly filmed with anger.
Skyrider
13
Something in her hard, plain face had become suddenly and unpleasantly familiar.
The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance
14
There was something unpleasantly familiar about the round shoulders and slouching walk.
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
15
Before Tranter's first visit in the spring, Knocker had felt unpleasantly nervous.
A week in december
16
There was something aggressive too in his manner that affected him unpleasantly.
Herb of Grace
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Unpleasantly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common