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UNCHIVALROUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unchivalrously mean?
• UNCHIVALROUSLY (adverb)
The adverb UNCHIVALROUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in an unchivalrous and ungallant manner
Familiarity information: UNCHIVALROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an unchivalrous and ungallant manner
Context example:
unchivalrously, the husbands who had to provide such innocent indulgences eventually began to count the costs
Antonym:
chivalrously (in a gallant manner)
Pertainym:
unchivalrous (offensively discourteous)
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