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Synonyms for uncivilly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhn-siv-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsɪv əl

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Définition of uncivilly

Origin :
  • 1550s, "barbarous," from un- (1) "not" + civil. Meaning "impolite" is 1590s.
  • As in rudely : adv impolitely
  • As in sourly : adv acidulously
Example sentences :
  • I know what I know,' she kept repeating, not uncivilly, but with extreme gloom.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • We were particularly well lodged, and not uncivilly treated.
  • Extract from : « Pages From an Old Volume of Life » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • He would not have spoken to me so uncivilly had poor dear papa been alive, I know!
  • Extract from : « She and I, Volume 1 » by John Conroy Hutcheson
  • There was really no reason why I should treat him uncivilly.
  • Extract from : « A New Sensation » by Albert Ross
  • It was only the "Papists" who lived far enough off to be spoken of uncivilly.
  • Extract from : « Felix Holt, The Radical » by George Eliot
  • He spoke most uncivilly, and said I was driving him half crazy with my whistling.
  • Extract from : « The Diva's Ruby » by F. Marion Crawford
  • "Well, show me the kind you have," he said curtly, but not uncivilly.
  • Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives
  • It made a plaything of my little vessel, slapping it about most uncivilly.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 » by Various
  • I was most uncivilly treated, and remanded two or three times.
  • Extract from : « A Rogue's Life » by Wilkie Collins
  • He did not treat me uncivilly or unkindly, but I saw that it cost him an effort to be as cordial as the rest of his family.
  • Extract from : « Will Weatherhelm » by W.H.G. Kingston

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