Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unmusical manner; inharmoniously.
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- adverb In an
unmusical way.
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- adverb in an unmusical manner
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Examples
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How harshly and unmusically need not be described.
Dombey and Son 2007
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Brothers Hawkyard and Gimblet were both on the platform; Brother Hawkyard on his knees at the table, unmusically ready to pray; Brother Gimblet sitting against the wall, grinningly ready to preach.
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Brothers Hawkyard and Gimblet were both on the platform; Brother Hawkyard on his knees at the table, unmusically ready to pray; Brother Gimblet sitting against the wall, grinningly ready to preach.
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Mr Pinch was jogging along, full of pleasant thoughts and cheerful influences, when he saw, upon the path before him, going in the same direction with himself, a traveller on foot, who walked with a light quick step, and sang as he went — for certain in a very loud voice, but not unmusically.
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Joe came to awaken them he found them snoring most unmusically.
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
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As we came back, we were challenged at every station; but the words, _amigos ingresos_ were our passport, and we got to Recife just as the evening hymn was singing, harshly and unmusically enough, by the negroes and mulattoes in the streets; but yet every thing that unites men in one common sentiment is interesting.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham
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In another were two men instead of twenty, both lustily and unmusically blowing mouth-organs.
The Return of Blue Pete Luke Allan
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Renway went over to a window and stood there, humming unmusically to himself.
The Saint in Action Charteris, Leslie 1937
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He glided across the floor, his wet boots creaking unmusically, and peeped through.
The Yellow Claw Sax Rohmer 1921
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A chapel bell tinkled unmusically, and on the pavements, gleaming with wet, went a procession of neatly dressed townsfolk bound, prayer-book in hand, for their respective places of worship.
The Yellow Streak Valentine Williams 1914
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