unnicely

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From unnice +‎ -ly.

Adverb[edit]

unnicely (comparative more unnicely, superlative most unnicely)

  1. In a way that is not nice.
    • 1602, William Warner, “The Seventh Booke. Chapter XXXVI.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 173:
      Nor Court nor Citie had ſhe ſeene, yeat eithers prayſe ſhe had: / So much more vvorth by hovve much leſſe ſhe vvas vn-nicely clad.
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