unaffectionately adverb uk /ˌʌn.əˈfek.ʃən.ət.li/ us /ˌʌn.əˈfek.ʃən.ət.li/ in a way that does not show liking or love: She pushed her daughter away unaffectionately. The school was unaffectionately nicknamed "Colditz" by some of its students. Related word
unaffectionate He refers to his wife unaffectionately as "She who must be obeyed". She speaks most unaffectionately about her home town. The industrial cities in the region are often referred to unaffectionately as the Rust Belt. The regulatory body is known unaffectionately as "Gums" because it is widely perceived to be toothless. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Not showing or feeling emotions anodyne anti-sentimental belie bite bite your lipidiom frozenly glaze hard-bitten hardened icily phlegmatically poker face reserved reservedly sphinx-like unmoved unprocessed unresponsive unresponsively unresponsiveness |