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undesiredly

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In a way that is not desired.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Major John Richardson, Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago Contempt and scorn for her fickleness, not love—base and grovelling love—should ever be associated with her image, when undesiredly it arose to my repelling memory.

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History

Etymology

From undesired + -ly.