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untowardly
adverb, adjective[ before noun ]
formal or old useuk /ˌʌn.təˈwɔːd.li/ us /ˌʌnˈtɔːrd.li/
in a way that is not convenient or pleasant:
To tell stories untowardly about your clients would be bad for business.
If you were to treat her untowardly, I would be most displeased.
His friends apologized for their untowardly treatment of him.
I have observed, Mrs Elton, in the course of my life, that if things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.
He was of a cross, untowardly disposition and stubbornly refused to stop practising medicine.
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