unˈwelcomely, adv.
(un-1 11.)
| 1642 Rogers Naaman 87 How doth Naaman take it? Surely very ill, and unwelcomly. 1718 Taverner Artful Wife v. i. 60 The Thought of him intrudes unwelcomely. 1792 C. Smith Desmond III. 23 The task of chiding you..falls on me most unwelcomely. 1833 Sir F. B. Head Bubbles fr. Brunnen 121 A calculation which very unwelcomely kept forcing itself into my mind. 1882 C. C. Hopley Snakes xxvii. 495 A ‘water moccasin’..had been seen..unwelcomely close to a southern residence. |