unkindly

What does unkindly mean?

unkindly means "lacking in sympathy and kindness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unkindly?

unkindly has 3 syllables: un-kind-ly. The stress falls on "un".

What is another word for unkindly?

Close synonyms include unsympathetic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unkindly?

The recorded antonyms are kindly.

Is unkindly a common word?

unkindly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for unkindly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.