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UNFAVOURABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unfavourably mean?
• UNFAVOURABLY (adverb)
The adverb UNFAVOURABLY has 1 sense:
1. showing disapproval; in a disparaging way
Familiarity information: UNFAVOURABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing disapproval; in a disparaging way
Synonyms:
unfavorably; unfavourably
Context example:
he reviewed the play unfavorably
Context examples
But against this there were objections; and she finally resolved that it could be the last resource, if her private inquiries to the absence of the family were unfavourably answered.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
She could never do justice to Henry and Eleanor's merit; she felt it too strongly for expression; and should a dislike be taken against them, should they be thought of unfavourably, on their father's account, it would cut her to the heart.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
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