unˈpleasingly, adv.
(un-1 11.)
| 1597 Morley Introd. Mus. 82, I thinke it goeth but vn⁓pleasinglie to the eare. 1623 Bingham Xenophon 27 Young man you looke like a Philosopher, and speake not vnpleasingly. 1633 Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. 319 This flowre is but unpleasingly fulsome for sent. 1852 Mundy Antipodes III. viii. 251 The Van Diemonians, as they unpleasingly call themselves. 1862 Calverley Verses & Transl. (ed. 2) 36 A happy child,..Not unpleasingly apparelled In a tightish suit of blue. |