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Meanings of very ill-used in English

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Usage of very ill-used in English
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They had all been very ill-used since she last saw her sister.
Pride and Prejudice
2
But, unless that is granted, I shall, indeed, have been very ill-used!
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. / With A Su...
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I shall think myself very ill-used if he sells me out-worsethan ill-used.
Framley Parsonage
4
Your wife is a very good, a very loving, and a very ill-used woman.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
5
Now pray, 'Sir Lucius, do not you look upon me as a very ill-used gentleman?'
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 / With His Letters and Journals
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We do, indeed, growl at the gnats of a summer evening and think ourselves very ill-used.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters
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I always felt that Martha was very ill-used.
The Prime Minister
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The little fellows thought themselves very ill-used.
A Crooked Path: A Novel
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You have had a great deal done for you, Victor, though you may consider yourself very ill-used.
To-morrow?
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She felt that he had been very ill-used, and was quite unhappy in having to communicate what had passed.
Mansfield Park
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She was thinking it all over while dressing, and trying hard to believe herself a very ill-used, instead of naughty, child.
Elsie at Nantucket
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His attitude seemed to imply that he was a very ill-used man, but had discovered that it was no use protesting.
Alton of Somasco: A Romance of the Great Northwest
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You have been eating it for the last twenty years, and now you think yourself very ill-used because the duke wants to have his turn.
Framley Parsonage
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"I think that Mountjoy has been very ill-used."
Mr. Scarborough's Family
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