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Synonyms for unjustly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhn-juhst
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈdʒʌst



Définition of unjustly

Origin :
  • late 14c., of persons, from un- (1) "not" + just (adj.). Of actions, attested from c.1400.
  • adv unfairly
Example sentences :
  • His own public had unjustly neglected him, posterity consigned his operas to oblivion.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • It was on his tongue to say: "I stand here because you stand there unjustly quarreling with me," but he did not say it.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • On this point they have been unjustly and injuriously slandered.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Does he mean to say that I have ever punished him unjustly?'
  • Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
  • But the cry is all a lie; for no statesman ever could be unjustly put to death by the city of which he is the head.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • Yet we unjustly select a particle, and say, 'O steel-filing number one!
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • He felt that he was unjustly angry but, oh, he was so hopeless!
  • Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • "You feel he was unjustly sentenced," the colonel concluded.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • If you've any notion that you've been unjustly treated—get rid of it.
  • Extract from : « Justice (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • He was often attacked and unjustly accused; but he never attacked in return.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

Antonyms for unjustly

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