Unjustly
[ʌn'dʒʌstli]
Definition
(adv.) in an unjust manner; 'he was unjustly singled out for punishment'.
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Examples
- How unjustly, how capriciously, how cruelly, they have commonly exercised it, is too well known from recent experience. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He has been most shamefully abused, and most unjustly and most basely driven away, and I am the cause of it! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The poor ill-used Indians have been most unjustly put in prison, says Mr. Franklin. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Perhaps that is putting things coarsely and unjustly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I was obliged to confess one thing, which for a time, and not unjustly, offended him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But I feel this, Helen; I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- In this prison that I am going to so unjustly, shall I have some free communication with the world outside? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She weeps continually, and accuses herself unjustly as the cause of his death; her words pierce my heart. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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